M2.0 earthquake 9 km WSW of Healy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Healy, Alaska on Wed, Aug 28, 1996, 7:07 AM AKDT (15:07 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 29 km W of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-08-28 15:07:18 UTC
- Depth
- 13.6 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.819° N, 149.145° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.837 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 10993 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10990 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.733 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10989 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.037 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 10988 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.549 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10987 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.959 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10986 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.968 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10985 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.271 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10982 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.219 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10981 days ago · 113 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.93 km SSW of Ferry, Alaska · 10981 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10980 days ago · 128 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.739 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10979 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.650 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10979 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.750 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10976 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10976 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.850 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10975 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.470 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10971 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.946 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 10969 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.446 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 10969 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.418 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10968 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.075 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10965 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.141 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10965 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10965 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.54 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10965 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10962 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10960 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.166 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10958 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.871 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10955 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.676 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10952 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.251 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10950 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.155 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10949 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2Central Alaska · 10949 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.240 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10948 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.233 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10947 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.474 km ENE of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 10947 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.346 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10943 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.129 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10942 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10941 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.743 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10941 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.521 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 10939 days ago · 142 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.048 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10938 days ago · 140 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.650 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10937 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.235 km E of Healy, Alaska · 10936 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.276 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 10934 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 1.719 km ENE of Anderson, Alaska · 10994 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.171 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10996 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.349 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.437 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.222 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 11002 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.458 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11002 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.418 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 11003 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.015 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11004 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.950 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11004 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 11007 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.243 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11009 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.226 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11010 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.310 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 11010 days ago · 111 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.739 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11013 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.040 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.932 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 11018 days ago · -3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.372 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11018 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.745 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11020 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11021 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 11022 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
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