Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 7 km SSW of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Healy, Alaska on Sat, Dec 30, 2017, 4:55 PM AKST (01:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km SE of Ferry, 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
2017-12-31 01:55:19 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.795° N, 149.009° 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: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.522 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.660 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.822 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 119 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.248 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.849 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.715 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.746 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.637 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.818 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.382 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 3.75 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 119 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.549 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.66 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.646 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.839 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.910 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 116 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 1.960 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.854 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.241 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.026 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.559 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.510 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.89 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.558 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.515 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 120 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 132 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.046 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.213 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.636 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 4.67 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 129 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 46
  42. 1.755 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 2.574 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.060 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 2.343 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 1.814 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.863 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.613 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 114 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 1.944 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.645 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 1.511 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.174 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.19 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.864 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.830 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.732 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 1.84 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 114 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.06 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 48
  3. 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.69 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 120 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.754 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.789 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.767 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.172 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.549 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.967 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.635 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.248 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.232 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 3.338 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.037 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.146 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 133 km deep · 96 km away

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