Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 7 km S of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km S of Houston, Alaska on Sun, Jul 21, 2019, 9:46 AM AKDT (17:46 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 28 km NW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-07-21 17:46:08 UTC
Depth
33.5 km (20.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.568° N, 149.796° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.539 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.67 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  3. 3.18 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 10
  4. 1.78 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 55 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  6. 1.59 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.726 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.98 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.07 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.534 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.325 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.512 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.58 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.521 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.913 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.231 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.64 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.417 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 1.818 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.121 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.54 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 1.526 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.77 km SW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.823 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2623 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2622 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 2.01 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 1.719 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.416 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.76 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.66 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.222 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.618 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.630 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.9Central Alaska · 2619 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.47 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2619 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.510 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 1.934 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.925 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.99 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 1.635 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.122 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.03 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 1.723 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 2.07 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 1.613 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.96 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.26 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 1.52 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 2.35 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.59 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.822 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 183.

Before

  1. 1.522 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.529 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2630 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.59 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.96 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.935 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 9
  9. 1.512 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.121 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.132 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2633 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.011 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.913 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.534 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.938 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.38 km NNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.248 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.55 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away

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