M2.4 earthquake 16 km WSW of Healy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Healy, Alaska on Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 11:48 PM AKDT (07:48 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 34 km W of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-28 07:48:39 UTC
- Depth
- 118.5 km (73.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.827° N, 149.288° 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
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.965 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 128 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.766 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.025 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 118 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 130 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.437 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.548 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.447 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.069 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.972 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.967 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.717 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.627 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.010 km N of Healy, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.913 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.747 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.055 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.734 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.655 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 118 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4Central Alaska · 2933 days ago · 121 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.343 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.661 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.668 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.521 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.824 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.133 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.757 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.871 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.575 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.975 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.874 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 129 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.531 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.649 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.171 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.575 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.862 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2917 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.527 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.176 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.736 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.872 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.246 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.045 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.972 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.731 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 117 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 1.64 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.758 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.642 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.58 km SE of Nenana, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.740 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.349 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2966 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.546 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.543 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.576 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.236 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
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