M1.6 earthquake 9 km WSW of Healy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Healy, Alaska on Fri, Dec 29, 2017, 9:03 AM AKST (18:03 UTC), 120 km (75 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-29 18:03:24 UTC
- Depth
- 120.3 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.825° N, 149.137° 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
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 130 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.06 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 48
- 1.84 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 114 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 115 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.822 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.248 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.715 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.746 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.637 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.382 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.75 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 119 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.549 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 135 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.834 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.837 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.646 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.839 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 121 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.910 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 116 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.960 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 126 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3183 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.241 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.026 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.559 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.558 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.515 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 120 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 132 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.046 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.213 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.67 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 129 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 46
- 1.755 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.574 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.060 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.343 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 129 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 130 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.863 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 114 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.944 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 1.754 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.767 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.967 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.635 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.248 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.232 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.338 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.037 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 130 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.146 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.722 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.569 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.579 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.937 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
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