Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 32 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, May 10, 2019, 4:28 PM AKDT (00:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 66 km N of Petersville, 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
2019-05-11 00:28:07 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.241° N, 149.514° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.855 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.374 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.250 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.747 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.258 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.361 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.960 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.140 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.617 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 95 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.233 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.154 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.664 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.239 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.330 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.934 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.041 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.769 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.054 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.835 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.7Central Alaska · 2696 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.641 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.248 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.161 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.751 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 139 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 3.356 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 1.853 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.569 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.740 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.847 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.047 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.549 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.244 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.625 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.744 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.856 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.656 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.030 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.163 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.447 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.947 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.0Central Alaska · 2689 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.849 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 76 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 1.558 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.152 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 1.750 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 2.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 113 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 1.863 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.550 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.854 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 1.574 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 1.863 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.754 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 91 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.263 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.58 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.736 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.768 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 1.745 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 89 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 1.660 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.026 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.555 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.621 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.968 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.720 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 3.049 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.655 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.641 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.556 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.661 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.746 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.870 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 120 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.714 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.534 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.645 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.642 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.768 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.630 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 122 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.163 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away

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