Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 7 km ENE of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Healy, Alaska on Sat, Jan 14, 2017, 3:55 AM AKST (12:55 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-14 12:55:26 UTC
Depth
110.3 km (68.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.872° N, 148.818° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · 104 stations

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
104

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.139 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.553 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.049 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.640 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.15 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.564 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.748 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.653 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.959 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.048 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.782 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.723 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 1.839 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 91 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.567 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.488 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.734 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.531 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.634 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.640 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.623 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.522 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.670 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.045 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.558 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.940 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.540 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.617 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 100 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 1.738 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.132 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.637 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.187 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.661 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 1.640 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.89 km NE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 112 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 1.56 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.171 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.863 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.780 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.280 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.822 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.536 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.0Central Alaska · 3508 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 1.834 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 1.87 km SW of Anderson, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.936 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.852 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.854 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 1.64 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 107 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.178 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.517 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.315 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.732 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.710 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 2.122 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.021 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.817 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 101 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 1.838 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 2.733 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 1.825 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.220 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.021 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.522 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.945 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.647 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.762 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.735 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.3Central Alaska · 3561 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.545 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.662 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 3.265 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.541 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.667 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.716 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 119 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.915 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 112 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.962 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.837 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.480 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

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