M1.9 earthquake 14 km WSW of Healy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Healy, Alaska on Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 3:38 PM AKST (00:38 UTC), 125 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 66 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-20 00:38:56 UTC
- Depth
- 124.6 km (77.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.819° N, 149.242° 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
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.559 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 113 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.861 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.031 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 101 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.331 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.537 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.951 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2835 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2835 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.744 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.043 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.525 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 140 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.166 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.954 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.831 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.748 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 121 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.629 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.664 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.24 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.850 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 126 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4Central Alaska · 2826 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 133 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.658 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.832 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.517 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 119 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.531 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.758 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 146 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.78 km ESE of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 44
- 2.5Central Alaska · 2814 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2813 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.672 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.743 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.879 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.515 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 126 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.759 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.373 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.88 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 127 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of 114.
Before
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2843 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.547 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.966 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.326 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.566 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.573 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.919 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 87 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.67 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 2.336 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.137 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.871 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.646 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.523 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.035 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.839 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.068 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
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