Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 45 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 2:38 PM AKST (23:38 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 70 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-12-03 23:38:34 UTC
Depth
96.6 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.296° N, 149.840° 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
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.964 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.660 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.529 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.138 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 120 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.755 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 117 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.044 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.866 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 133 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.642 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.663 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.821 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.542 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.461 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.832 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.765 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.922 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.074 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.560 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.431 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.567 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.774 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 112 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.646 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.047 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.260 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.851 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.755 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.573 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 127 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 1.755 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.549 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.733 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.453 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.365 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.629 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.555 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.622 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.844 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.634 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.639 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 1.733 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.458 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 2.043 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 109 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 1.540 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.248 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.671 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 2.528 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.965 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 2.863 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 1.639 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.669 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.614 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.621 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

  1. 1.529 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.567 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.067 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.357 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.651 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.546 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.661 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.551 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 90 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.556 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 139 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.534 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.523 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.931 km SW of Cantwell, AK · 2498 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.729 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

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