Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 88 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 88 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska on Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 12:30 PM AKST (21:30 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 76 km ESE of McKinley Park, 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
2017-01-28 21:30:14 UTC
Depth
15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.507° N, 147.112° 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
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.734 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.531 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.634 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.522 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.540 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.551 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.617 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.738 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.664 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.447 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.132 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.671 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.187 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.661 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.89 km NE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.171 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.863 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.780 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.280 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.631 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.0Central Alaska · 3508 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.662 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.751 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.631 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.749 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 2.178 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 2.315 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.657 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.710 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.817 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.075 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.269 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.481 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.363 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.763 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 1.56 km NE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 1.532 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.784 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.032 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.863 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 2.333 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.867 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.963 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 2.876 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 1.567 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.723 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.782 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.959 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.564 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.15 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.139 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.87 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.220 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.945 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.376 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.762 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.3Central Alaska · 3561 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 1.662 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.974 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.541 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.476 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.277 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.667 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away

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