M1.6 earthquake 61 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 4:13 AM AKST (13:13 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 41 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-01 13:13:32 UTC
- Depth
- 120.1 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.476° N, 150.161° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 148 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.115 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.652 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.657 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.875 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 114 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.724 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.952 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.546 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.849 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.522 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.857 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.845 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.836 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 124 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.724 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.622 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.557 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 124 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.341 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 136
- 1.943 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.840 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.761 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 111 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.522 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.637 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.514 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.759 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.947 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.139 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.049 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.715 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.855 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.734 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 128 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 3583 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.560 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 128 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.061 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.741 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 126 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.947 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.742 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 96 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3574 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.770 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 2.034 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.154 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.625 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.573 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.339 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.756 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.747 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 129 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.867 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.659 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.846 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.252 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.772 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.038 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 118 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.636 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.539 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.054 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
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