Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 3 km W of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km W of Anchorage, Alaska on Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 3:27 PM AKDT (23:27 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-29 23:27:18 UTC
Depth
40.8 km (25.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.215° N, 149.961° 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
44

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 143 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.98 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.26 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.511 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.56 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.824 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 27
  9. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.810 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.114 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.94 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.24 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.719 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.639 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.93 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 3.56 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 146
  22. 2.46 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.53 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 9
  24. 2.9Southern Alaska · 2522 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 9
  25. 1.550 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.15 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.12 km ESE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 1.510 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.16 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.06 km N of Tanaina, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.35 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.614 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.110 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.83 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 2.47 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.926 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.738 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 1.726 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.216 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2519 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 1.515 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 1.512 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.88 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.55 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 3.64 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 214
  48. 2.45 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 1.93 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.818 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.915 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.927 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 4.07 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 500 · tsunami flag
  56. 1.822 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 3.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 54
  58. 1.94 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.64 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 2.222 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.621 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.219 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 18
  4. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.523 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.55 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.521 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.815 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.621 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.918 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.613 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.86 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.46 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.59 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.51 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.05 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.15 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.71 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.811 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away

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