M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 6:21 PM AKST (03:21 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 47 km ESE of McKinley Park, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-24 03:21:51 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.536° N, 147.446° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.918 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 3143 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.461 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.587 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.677 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.478 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.779 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.3Central Alaska · 3130 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.523 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.847 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.882 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.55 km W of Delta Junction, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.575 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.613 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.519 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.813 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.981 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.07 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.634 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.828 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.630 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.872 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.885 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.689 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.322 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.586 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.669 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.127 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.816 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.714 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.616 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.031 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 1.549 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.770 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.548 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.553 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.248 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.970 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.643 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.885 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3158 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.578 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 66 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.433 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.830 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.679 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.511 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.885 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
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