Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 62 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 62 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska on Mon, Oct 31, 2016, 1:49 PM AKDT (21:49 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 47 km SSE of Cantwell, 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 21:49:16 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.800° N, 147.653° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.752 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.24 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.113 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.4Central Alaska · 3624 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.637 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.75 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.612 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.820 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.623 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 104 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.628 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.614 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.69 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.062 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.519 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.938 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.517 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.711 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.82 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.725 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 100 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.680 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 1.873 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.987 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.657 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.759 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 1.763 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 1.726 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.8Central Alaska · 3601 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.539 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.319 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.562 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 1.568 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.115 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.724 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 103 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.724 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.514 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.715 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.917 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.48 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.740 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 3.947 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.946 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 1.847 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 1.869 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 1.663 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.376 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 1.89 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.667 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 2.050 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.618 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.74 km S of Healy, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.656 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 1.575 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.480 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 1.962 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.915 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 1.618 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.65 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.580 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.0Central Alaska · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.536 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.917 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.860 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.06 km N of Healy, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.821 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.664 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.214 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.813 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.547 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.814 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.816 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.68 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.92 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.973 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.6Central Alaska · 3642 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.778 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away

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