M2.2 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 7:32 PM AKST (04:32 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 66 km WNW 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-17 04:32:29 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.497° N, 151.251° 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
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.649 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.349 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.554 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.754 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.560 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.561 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 120 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3209 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.854 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.747 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.463 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.743 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.041 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.652 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.558 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.722 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 133 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.551 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.146 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.252 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 130 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.037 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.338 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.648 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.026 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.061 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.360 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 130 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.635 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.766 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 134 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.152 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 130 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.569 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 119 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.020 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.054 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 123 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.958 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.125 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.822 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.623 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.829 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.546 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.630 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 119 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 184.
Before
- 2.052 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.870 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.751 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.056 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.467 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.623 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3216 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.054 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.649 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.665 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4Central Alaska · 3220 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 132 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.334 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.248 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
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