M1.9 earthquake 81 km E of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 81 km E of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 2:33 AM AKDT (10:33 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 28 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-20 10:33:24 UTC
- Depth
- 1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.408° N, 147.320° 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
- 73
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.75 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.07 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.569 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.634 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.828 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.630 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.872 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.885 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.689 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.586 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.669 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 65 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.127 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.816 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.616 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.031 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.571 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.324 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.675 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.760 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.127 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.577 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.883 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 76 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.772 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 79 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 1.770 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.813 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.613 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.575 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.882 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.847 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.523 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3Central Alaska · 3129 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.779 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.478 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.677 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.587 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.461 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 3142 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.918 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 92 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
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