M1.5 earthquake 21 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, Sep 23, 2018, 12:59 AM AKDT (08:59 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 64 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-23 08:59:54 UTC
- Depth
- 88.4 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.425° N, 149.367° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.535 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.824 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.454 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.568 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.548 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.171 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.133 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.847 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.757 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.871 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.575 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 117 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.963 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.975 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.874 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.538 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 127 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.531 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.854 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.861 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.649 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.030 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.575 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.669 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.862 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2917 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.527 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.647 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.176 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 129 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.736 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 107 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.166 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.557 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.872 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.734 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.761 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.246 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.963 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.460 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.662 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.045 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 193.
Before
- 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.960 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.668 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.972 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.661 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.654 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.343 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.4Central Alaska · 2933 days ago · 121 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.655 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.734 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 101 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.561 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.055 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.747 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.047 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.248 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
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