Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 23 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 23 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 12:37 AM AKDT (08:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 36 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-17 08:37:26 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.305° N, 149.368° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 135 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.838 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.571 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.867 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.141 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.555 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 3.576 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.750 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 126 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.533 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 100 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.743 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.845 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.635 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.771 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.355 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.454 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.340 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.372 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 117 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.466 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.933 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.754 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.559 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.321 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.083 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.871 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.465 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.931 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.963 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.966 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 1.847 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.941 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 101 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.256 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.645 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 105 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 2.464 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.744 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.563 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 125 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 1.572 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 1.942 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 2.342 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.839 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.556 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 1.771 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.522 km ENE of Petersville, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.417 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.471 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.9Central Alaska · 2739 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.870 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 118 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.941 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 1.547 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 94 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 1.855 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.355 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.527 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.454 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.567 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.641 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 1.572 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.834 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.660 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.562 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.559 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.545 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.654 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 79 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.638 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.011 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.557 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.850 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.651 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.644 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.042 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.241 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.745 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.639 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.341 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.941 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away

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