Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 34 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 34 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Mon, Jan 16, 2023, 4:01 AM AKST (13:01 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 10 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, 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
2023-01-16 13:01:09 UTC
Depth
14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.091° N, 148.753° 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
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.510 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 791 · tsunami flag
  2. 2.613 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 7
  3. 1.512 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 40
  4. 1.513 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 12
  5. 1.513 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
  6. 1.513 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.33 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.818 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.53 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.540 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.64 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.521 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.556 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.513 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.87 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.817 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.58 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.513 km WNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.54 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.814 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 1.532 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.55 km N of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1348 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.98 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.816 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.03 km N of Houston, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.051 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.6Central Alaska · 1343 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.628 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.610 km S of Gateway, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 1.517 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.618 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.642 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.940 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 2.018 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.646 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 1.7Central Alaska · 1341 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.73 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1339 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.321 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 1.650 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 1.7Central Alaska · 1336 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.528 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.512 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 1.759 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.16 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.740 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.760 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.13 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.848 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1334 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.030 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.93 km WNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 2.226 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 2.631 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.125 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.937 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.7Central Alaska · 1331 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 148.

Before

  1. 1.95 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.215 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.4Southern Alaska · 1358 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.013 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.710 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.83 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.555 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.120 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.837 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.919 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.515 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.524 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.213 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.61 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.64 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.737 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.69 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.141 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.442 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away

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