Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 63 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 63 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Mar 28, 2017, 7:17 AM AKDT (15:17 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-03-28 15:17:14 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.525° N, 147.716° 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
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.876 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.665 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.886 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.758 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.65 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.922 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 121 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.612 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 139 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.524 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.93 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.460 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.614 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.178 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.378 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.857 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.872 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 1.611 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.750 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.963 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 3.28 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  22. 2.27 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.621 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.544 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.673 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.918 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.934 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.867 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.679 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 1.839 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.668 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 1.561 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.968 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.713 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.613 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.764 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.568 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.740 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 1.710 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.676 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 76 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 1.714 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.035 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 3.136 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.624 km SW of Ferry, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.848 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.968 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 1.867 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.863 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.784 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.745 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.56 km NE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.763 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.363 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.149 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.481 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.269 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.075 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.733 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.838 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.817 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.021 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.122 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.710 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.271 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.732 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.657 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017404sdch (also filed as ak15644145). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.