Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 29 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 29 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 1:36 PM AKST (22:36 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 66 km ESE of Denali National Park, 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
2019-01-09 22:36:31 UTC
Depth
79.9 km (49.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.166° N, 148.634° 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: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.561 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.645 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.755 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.517 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.531 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.238 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.044 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.758 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.815 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.8Central Alaska · 2813 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.739 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.672 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.743 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.879 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.758 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.759 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.845 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 97 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.361 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.373 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.446 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 1.88 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.751 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.044 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.566 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.644 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 1.734 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 3.966 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.934 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 1.771 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.653 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 1.630 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.253 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.772 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.513 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.745 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.54 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.872 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.039 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.124 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.762 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.062 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.313 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.576 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.680 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 2.361 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.248 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.870 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.468 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.532 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 2.038 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.653 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.425 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.552 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.573 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.848 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.069 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.746 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 2.658 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.633 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.163 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.844 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.4Central Alaska · 2825 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.850 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.848 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.050 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.855 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.24 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 91 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.664 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.629 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.95 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.646 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.831 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 69 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.954 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.623 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away

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