M1.6 earthquake 65 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Dec 9, 2017, 8:23 PM AKST (05:23 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km SE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-10 05:23:09 UTC
- Depth
- 124.1 km (77.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.387° N, 150.257° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.516 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.649 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.054 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.557 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.967 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 117 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.714 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 116 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2Central Alaska · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3216 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.623 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.514 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.467 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 128 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.056 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.751 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.870 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.453 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.052 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Central Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.649 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 112 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.446 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 119 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.349 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.554 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.754 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.560 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.561 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3209 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.854 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.747 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.463 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 127 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.743 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.041 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.652 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.558 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.722 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 133 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.551 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.146 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.252 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 130 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.037 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 91 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.338 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.648 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.026 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.061 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.232 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.4Central Alaska · 3220 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.943 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 132 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.334 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3221 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.248 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.776 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.671 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.953 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.725 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 127 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 128 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
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