M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 9:33 PM AKDT (05:33 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 20 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-23 05:33:58 UTC
- Depth
- 117.1 km (72.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.639° N, 149.649° 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
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.150 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.140 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3115 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 125 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3114 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.546 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.871 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.07 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.748 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.624 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.555 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.841 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.841 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.545 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.250 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.927 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.773 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.844 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.656 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.847 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 130 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.620 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.120 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.772 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 113 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.739 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.634 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.657 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 127 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.828 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.630 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 130 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.668 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.544 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.264 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 131 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.571 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.921 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.322 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 113 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.252 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.339 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.820 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.658 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.576 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.661 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.270 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.843 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.141 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.127 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.751 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of 171.
Before
- 2.462 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 128 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.747 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.045 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.565 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.813 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.766 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3122 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.763 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.519 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 120 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 131 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.766 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.613 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 176 km deep · 66 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0183rp8tos (also filed as ak18734462). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:36 AM UTC.