Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 48 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 48 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska on Sun, Feb 18, 2018, 4:41 AM AKST (13:41 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 47 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-02-18 13:41:02 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.473° N, 146.065° 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: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.639 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.553 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.963 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.770 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.549 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.6Central Alaska · 3143 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.461 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.587 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.677 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.478 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.953 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.779 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.847 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.882 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.55 km W of Delta Junction, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.575 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.770 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.981 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.831 km NNW of Chistochina, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.95 km NE of Fort Greely, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.633 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 1.885 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.689 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.133 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.586 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.669 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.049 km E of Paxson, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 1.970 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.643 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.885 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.439 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.578 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.438 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.837 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.857 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.433 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.679 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.541 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.5Central Alaska · 3170 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.885 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.841 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.739 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.755 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away

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