Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 73 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 73 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 5:26 AM AKDT (13:26 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 23 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-03 13:26:59 UTC
Depth
68.1 km (42.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.829° N, 148.204° 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
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.957 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.941 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.010 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.654 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.722 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.450 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.6Central Alaska · 2979 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.748 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.145 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.966 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.959 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.747 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.531 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.453 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.554 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.940 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.553 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.161 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  22. 3.236 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 1.952 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.660 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.539 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.57 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.633 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.665 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.716 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.554 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.125 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 3.049 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.150 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.883 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.859 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.237 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.766 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.260 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.854 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.736 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 1.584 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.042 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 1.575 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.732 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 3.045 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.949 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.640 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 2.371 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.457 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.582 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 1.620 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.5Central Alaska · 2941 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.717 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 3.224 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.936 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 3.923 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  58. 3.239 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.059 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 1.639 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 1.669 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 66 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.415 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
  3. 1.858 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.243 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.764 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 62 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.538 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.277 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.820 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.821 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.376 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.93 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.536 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.962 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.052 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.649 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.115 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.663 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.964 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.59 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.851 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away

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