Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 44 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 44 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, May 2, 2017, 2:31 PM AKDT (22:31 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 77 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-02 22:31:07 UTC
Depth
73.6 km (45.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.031° N, 149.324° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.946 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.547 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.657 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 65 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.665 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.846 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.156 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.369 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.654 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.918 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.866 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.934 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.159 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.942 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.861 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.550 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.941 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.1Central Alaska · 3436 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.652 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.240 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 1.769 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.767 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 1.523 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.839 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 81 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 1.768 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.038 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.134 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.953 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.227 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.755 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.1Central Alaska · 3430 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.561 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.743 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 1.654 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 1.968 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 1.954 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.613 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.255 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.952 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 3.153 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 1.764 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.551 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 89 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 1.672 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 1.810 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.568 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 1.740 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 2.045 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 1.710 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.547 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.965 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 128 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.035 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 3.136 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 84 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 2.462 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.664 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 127 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.624 km SW of Ferry, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 4.054 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.659 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.957 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.756 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.664 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 128 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.272 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.359 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.451 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.956 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.954 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 48
  13. 2.766 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.621 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.5Central Alaska · 3448 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.27 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.28 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
  18. 1.963 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.673 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.348 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

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