M1.7 earthquake 22 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 3:10 PM AKDT (23:10 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 28 km S of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-17 23:10:07 UTC
- Depth
- 71.4 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.162° N, 151.505° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.632 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.064 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.713 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.644 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.010 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.312 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.859 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.58 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.429 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.922 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.325 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.725 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.521 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 139 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 69 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.05 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.133 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.98 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.518 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.956 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.718 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.254 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.830 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.128 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.625 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.143 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 79 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.864 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.816 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.187 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.511 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 107 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.721 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2940 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.039 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.39 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.574 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.630 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.138 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.714 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.671 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.26 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
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