M1.9 earthquake 60 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 60 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 7:21 AM AKST (16:21 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 64 km SE of Denali National Park, 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-26 16:21:05 UTC
- Depth
- 113.6 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.430° N, 150.168° 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
- 79
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.74 km S of Healy, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.345 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.168 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 130 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.244 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.170 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 121 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.861 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
- 1.554 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.915 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.547 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.545 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.548 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.541 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.568 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.659 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 127 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.265 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.649 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.562 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.841 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.933 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.448 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 114 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 117 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 117 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 130 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.647 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 97 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 121 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.260 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.942 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.050 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.637 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.746 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.522 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.146 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.071 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.220 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.926 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 98 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 3551 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.051 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 3550 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.619 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.756 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 1.555 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.042 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.746 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.058 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.89 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.264 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.552 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.654 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.952 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.750 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.546 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.655 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 131 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.770 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3574 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 131 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away
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