M1.5 earthquake 25 km W of Ferry, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km W of Ferry, Alaska on Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 3:05 AM AKST (12:05 UTC), 140 km (87 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 66 km ESE of Denali National 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-30 12:05:23 UTC
- Depth
- 139.9 km (86.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.988° N, 149.626° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.166 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.954 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.748 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 121 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.629 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.24 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2829 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 128 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.850 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 126 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 133 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 127 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.832 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.517 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 119 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.531 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 146 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.78 km ESE of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 44
- 2.5Central Alaska · 2815 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2814 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.743 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 126 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.373 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.88 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 127 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.751 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 138 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.044 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.566 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.966 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.934 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.529 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.513 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.54 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.039 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.039 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.124 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.547 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.027 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.123 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.468 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 124 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.323 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.532 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 126 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.532 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.653 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.848 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 2797 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.650 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.924 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.529 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 114 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 2.043 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.744 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2836 days ago · 128 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2836 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.951 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.537 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.031 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 125 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2844 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.547 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.966 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
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