Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 7 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 10:38 AM AKDT (18:38 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 1 km WSW of Big Lake, 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
2024-10-30 18:38:59 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.402° N, 150.087° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 174 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.740 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 702 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.65 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 702 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.530 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 702 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.621 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 701 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.530 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 701 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.534 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 701 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.99 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 701 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.125 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 701 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.629 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 700 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.627 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 700 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.44 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 700 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.98 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 700 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.835 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 700 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.518 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 699 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.515 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 699 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.621 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 699 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.617 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 699 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.623 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 699 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.56 km N of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 699 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.630 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 699 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.521 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.517 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 698 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 1.625 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.58 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 698 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.739 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.518 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 698 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.625 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.019 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 698 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.037 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.16 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 697 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 1.610 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 697 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.58 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 697 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.710 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 697 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 1.751 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 697 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.525 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.035 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 696 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.025 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 696 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.117 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 1.618 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 1.77 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 696 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 1.736 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 695 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.534 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 695 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 1.532 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 695 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.19 km S of Willow, Alaska · 695 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 1.512 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 695 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 1.54 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 695 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 1.60 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 695 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 1.628 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 695 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.610 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 694 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.524 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 694 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.58 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 694 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 2.214 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 694 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 694 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 694 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.329 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 694 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.524 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 694 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.98 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 694 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.621 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 694 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 1.531 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 694 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 1.630 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 693 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.528 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 703 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.725 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 703 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.25 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 703 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.625 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 703 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.054 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 703 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.631 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 703 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.921 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 703 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.822 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.523 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 704 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.745 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.611 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 704 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.58 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 704 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.625 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 704 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.74 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 704 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.825 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.032 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 705 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.121 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 705 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.617 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 705 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.45 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 705 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.926 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 705 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away

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