M1.8 earthquake 50 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 50 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 10:16 PM AKDT (06:16 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 19 km WSW of Healy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-22 06:16:52 UTC
- Depth
- 89.9 km (55.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.171° N, 149.820° 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
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.638 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 82 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.569 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.967 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7Central Alaska · 2595 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.156 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.464 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2593 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 118 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.434 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.843 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.041 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 3.548 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 96 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.631 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.842 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 105 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 123 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.535 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.358 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.057 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 82 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.657 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.562 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.657 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.571 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.611 km SE of Petersville, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.035 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.155 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 86 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.835 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.635 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.558 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.361 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.640 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.715 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.06 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.072 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.964 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 103 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.563 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 90 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.81 km ESE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.564 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.69 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.632 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.063 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.146 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 2579 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.864 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.747 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.840 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 93 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.760 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.540 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 120 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 128 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 125 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.667 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.251 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 85 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.849 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.313 km W of Chase, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.065 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.032 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
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