Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 13 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 11:37 PM AKDT (07:37 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 8 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, 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
2024-08-07 07:37:05 UTC
Depth
57.0 km (35.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.267° N, 150.139° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.527 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 788 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.426 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 787 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.633 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 787 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 786 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.99 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 786 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.813 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 786 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.022 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 786 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.548 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 786 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.032 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 786 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.711 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 785 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.113 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 784 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.01 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 784 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.69 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 784 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.67 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 784 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.514 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 784 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.53 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 783 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.511 km WSW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.025 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 783 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.16 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 783 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.550 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 783 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 3.313 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 782 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  22. 1.924 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 782 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.49 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 781 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.410 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 781 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.730 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 781 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.625 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 780 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 3.68 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 779 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 238
  28. 1.521 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 779 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.64 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 778 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.516 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 777 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.527 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 777 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.616 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 776 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.63 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 776 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 1.611 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 776 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 1.721 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 776 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.913 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 776 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.824 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 775 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.614 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 775 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.812 km E of Willow, Alaska · 775 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 1.615 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 774 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 774 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 2.09 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 773 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.45 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 773 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 1.730 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 773 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 3.112 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 772 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.916 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 772 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.925 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 772 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.56 km W of Houston, Alaska · 772 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.930 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 771 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.513 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 770 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.924 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 770 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.528 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 770 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.66 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 769 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 1.69 km WNW of Whittier, Alaska · 769 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.217 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 768 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.46 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 768 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 2.717 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 768 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 1.631 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 768 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 1.731 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 768 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

  1. 1.88 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 788 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.824 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 788 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.22 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 789 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.60 km SSW of Sterling, Alaska · 789 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.03 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 789 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.818 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 790 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  7. 1.52 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 790 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.736 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 790 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.122 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 790 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.622 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 790 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.527 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 790 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.419 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 791 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.613 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 791 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.512 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 791 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.832 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 792 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.630 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 792 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.624 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 793 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.625 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 793 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.43 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 794 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.78 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 794 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away

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