Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km ESE of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Healy, Alaska on Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 1:24 AM AKST (10:24 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km SE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-11 10:24:40 UTC
Depth
12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.839° N, 148.839° 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
48

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.646 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.839 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.910 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 116 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 1.960 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.241 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.026 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.559 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.510 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.89 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.558 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.515 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 120 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.213 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 128 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.636 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.67 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 129 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 46
  18. 1.755 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.060 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.343 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 1.814 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.863 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.613 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 114 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 1.885 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.645 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 1.511 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 2.19 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.830 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.732 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.433 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.857 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 1.612 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.726 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.764 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.578 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.66 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 106 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 1.725 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 136 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.6Central Alaska · 3159 days ago · 124 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 1.885 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.538 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.959 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.513 km NNW of Ferry, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 140 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 1.970 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.652 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 143 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 1.553 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 1.956 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 133 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.368 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.963 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.548 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 3.234 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 124 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.150 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 2.770 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.551 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.918 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 1.6Central Alaska · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.918 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.7Central Alaska · 3144 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.149 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.461 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 2.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.549 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.75 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 119 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.382 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.818 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.637 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.746 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.715 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.849 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.248 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.822 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.522 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.97 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.84 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 114 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 4.06 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 48
  17. 1.69 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 120 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.754 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 134 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.789 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.767 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away

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