Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Tue, May 30, 2017, 3:12 PM AKDT (23:12 UTC), 128 km (80 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 65 km N of Petersville, 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
2017-05-30 23:12:32 UTC
Depth
128.4 km (79.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.756° N, 149.466° 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
72

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 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.815 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.827 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 100 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.835 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 126 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.620 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.61 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.653 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.753 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.445 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.647 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.960 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.719 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.372 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.656 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.812 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.753 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.957 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.473 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 3.834 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.118 km SW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 1.670 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.85 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.846 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.557 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.237 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 2.168 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.863 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.638 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.551 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.862 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.130 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 117 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 2.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.270 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.140 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.631 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.658 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.633 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.5Central Alaska · 3388 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.952 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.559 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.364 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.870 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.6Central Alaska · 3385 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 3.054 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 130 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.39 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 1.763 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.856 km ENE of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.854 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.653 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.066 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 2.364 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.512 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 1.961 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 2.249 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.550 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 3.138 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.542 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.956 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.060 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.742 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.156 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.968 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.624 km SW of Ferry, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.664 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.136 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.035 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 121 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.965 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.714 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.710 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.030 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.740 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away

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