M1.5 earthquake 59 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 59 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 12:43 AM AKST (09:43 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km SE of Ferry, 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
- 2018-01-16 09:43:17 UTC
- Depth
- 111.4 km (69.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.430° N, 150.148° 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
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 131 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.561 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 127 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.717 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.545 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.515 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 132 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.265 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.046 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.213 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.743 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.563 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.447 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 83 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.67 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 129 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 46
- 1.625 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.923 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 3.153 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 10
- 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.574 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 116 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.066 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.060 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 112 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 129 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.654 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 130 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.758 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.863 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.944 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 118 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.555 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.145 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.771 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.511 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.174 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 129 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.830 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.171 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.761 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.732 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.152 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.052 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.241 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 96 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.669 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 130 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.546 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.764 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.750 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.963 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.869 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of 181.
Before
- 2.026 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.532 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.569 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.032 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 118 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3183 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 118 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 126 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.910 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.551 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.570 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.839 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 121 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.646 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
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