M1.7 earthquake 54 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 8:46 PM AKST (05:46 UTC), 134 km (83 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-29 05:46:44 UTC
- Depth
- 134.3 km (83.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.569° N, 149.968° 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
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.152 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 120 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.06 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 48
- 1.84 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.569 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.020 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.054 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 122 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.660 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.125 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.822 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 119 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.829 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.546 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.630 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.248 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.962 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.715 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6Central Alaska · 3195 days ago · 125 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.450 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 123 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.746 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.262 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.651 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.772 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 118 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.75 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.366 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.652 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.549 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 135 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.642 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.834 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.660 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 117 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.634 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.837 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.759 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 123 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.646 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.766 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.635 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.360 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 130 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.248 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.232 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.026 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.648 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.338 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.037 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.252 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
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