Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 38 km NW of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 38 km NW of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, Aug 1, 2021, 12:28 PM AKDT (20:28 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 59 km ENE of Chenega, 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
2021-08-01 20:28:04 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.276° N, 148.553° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.527 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.325 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.523 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  26. 3.359 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 1.658 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.547 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 3.350 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.750 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 1.552 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.950 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 1.647 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 1.537 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 1.99 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.044 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.064 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.733 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.224 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.529 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.627 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.038 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.57 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.647 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 1.531 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 1.530 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 1.653 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.635 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.639 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away

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