M2.0 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Oct 19, 2017, 2:43 PM AKDT (22:43 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 60 km W of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-19 22:43:20 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.186° N, 151.988° 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: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.553 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.054 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.269 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.536 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.677 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 127 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.954 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.851 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 131 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.653 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.568 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.559 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.847 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.748 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.943 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.520 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.865 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 135 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.134 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.564 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.739 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.634 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.073 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.562 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.256 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.165 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.546 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.055 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.261 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.632 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.617 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.263 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.970 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.023 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.842 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.870 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.549 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.935 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.349 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3250 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.349 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 186.
Before
- 2.070 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.050 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.856 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.765 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.553 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.632 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.941 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.849 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.848 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
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