Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 5 km SE of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Healy, Alaska on Mon, Oct 31, 2016, 4:26 AM AKDT (12:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 41 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-31 12:26:26 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.821° N, 148.901° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.618 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 100 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.170 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.662 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.639 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.752 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.24 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.113 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.4Central Alaska · 3624 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.637 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.6Central Alaska · 3624 days ago · 124 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.950 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.75 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 111 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.625 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.668 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.612 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.546 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 4.043 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 33
  18. 1.632 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.532 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.541 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 2.820 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.623 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.741 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.628 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.669 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.614 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 125 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 1.842 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.256 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.534 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.541 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.519 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 1.938 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.936 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.517 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 119 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 1.711 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 115 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 1.547 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 136 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.966 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 131 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 3.82 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 113 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.725 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.680 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.873 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.235 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.532 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 1.987 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 2.657 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.072 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.759 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 1.763 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.726 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.8Central Alaska · 3602 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.041 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.144 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.539 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 2.319 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 1.539 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.636 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.846 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 129 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.747 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 109.

Before

  1. 1.580 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.0Central Alaska · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.536 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.917 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 103 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.860 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.06 km N of Healy, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.821 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.664 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.759 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.747 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.540 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.528 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.214 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.0Central Alaska · 3632 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.139 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.813 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.150 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 130 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.547 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.814 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.555 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away

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