Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Dec 9, 2017, 3:51 AM AKST (12:51 UTC), 127 km (79 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
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-09 12:51:51 UTC
Depth
126.6 km (78.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.214° N, 150.509° 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
119

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.665 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 124 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 114 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.516 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.520 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.649 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.054 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.557 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.967 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 117 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.714 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.746 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.540 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.6Central Alaska · 3217 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.623 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.649 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.467 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 128 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.056 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.751 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.011 km SE of Petersville, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.870 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 110 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.453 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.645 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.052 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.2Central Alaska · 3213 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.649 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 3.034 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.446 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 119 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 3.349 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.554 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 1.754 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.625 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 2.725 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.560 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 1.561 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 120 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 1.6Central Alaska · 3210 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 1.854 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 1.747 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 3.463 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 127 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 118 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 1.743 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 1.639 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.041 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 1.518 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.532 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.652 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 99 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 1.558 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.722 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 133 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 2.551 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.146 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 1.840 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 2.252 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 1.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 130 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 120 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 120 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.037 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 2.036 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.943 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.660 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 132 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.713 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.520 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.334 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.5Central Alaska · 3223 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.248 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.776 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 112 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.633 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.671 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 113 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 1.646 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.657 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.167 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 117 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.953 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 113 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.725 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.52 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.860 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 127 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.734 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away

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