M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 6:02 PM AKST (03:02 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 67 km ESE 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-15 03:02:29 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.522° N, 151.040° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.032 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.569 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.532 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.559 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 111 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.561 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.717 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.545 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.515 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 132 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.265 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.046 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.776 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.743 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.563 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.447 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.625 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.923 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 3.153 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 108 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 10
- 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.574 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.066 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.060 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.654 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 92 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 130 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.758 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.863 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.944 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 113 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.555 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.145 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.771 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.174 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 123 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.171 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.761 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.732 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.152 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.052 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.241 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.468 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.669 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 130 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.766 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 164.
Before
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 126 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.910 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.551 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.570 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.839 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.646 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 121 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.759 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.837 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.634 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.660 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.834 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
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