Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 47 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, Oct 27, 2019, 8:33 AM AKDT (16:33 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.0 49 km NNE 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
2019-10-27 16:33:23 UTC
Depth
89.8 km (55.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.125° N, 149.679° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.526 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.918 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.514 km ENE of Petersville, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.567 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.9Central Alaska · 2533 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.548 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.472 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 137 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.964 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 130 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.241 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.143 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.538 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 79 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.842 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.718 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.728 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.759 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.534 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.36 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.571 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.567 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 2.029 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.970 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.546 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.658 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 1.744 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 1.648 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.656 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.628 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 121 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 2.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 131 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.655 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.865 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 133 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.640 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.870 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.536 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 1.540 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.565 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 1.632 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 1.757 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.563 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 132 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.864 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 1.54 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.648 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.767 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.977 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.354 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.046 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.656 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 2.767 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.750 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 93 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 1.955 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.646 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 1.543 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.843 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.443 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.543 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.565 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.276 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.253 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.572 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.565 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 320
  6. 1.725 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.016 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.544 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 93 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.667 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 124 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.825 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.834 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.656 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.243 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.544 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.824 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.757 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.741 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away

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