Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 32 km E of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 32 km E of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 8:36 PM AKST (05:36 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 6 km SSW of Healy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-11-17 05:36:22 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.435° N, 148.298° 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
62

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.759 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.538 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.6Central Alaska · 3243 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.665 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.712 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.0Central Alaska · 3241 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.122 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.744 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.873 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.860 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 135 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.579 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.760 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 135 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.5Central Alaska · 3234 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.516 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.563 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.162 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.548 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.883 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.540 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.959 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.542 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.019 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.463 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 1.863 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 1.751 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 91 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.062 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.633 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.519 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 1.525 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 1.5Central Alaska · 3223 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 1.657 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 1.569 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 1.645 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.621 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.665 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 124 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.516 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.674 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.885 km WNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.557 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.967 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.714 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 2.2Central Alaska · 3218 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 1.746 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.064 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.514 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 114 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.056 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.570 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.453 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 1.670 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 1.649 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 112 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.446 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.937 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.676 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.842 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.362 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.08 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.070 km NNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.452 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.616 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.956 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.954 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.656 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.714 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.912 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.767 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.865 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.869 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.558 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.246 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.642 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away

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