Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 74 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 74 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 1:02 PM AKST (22:02 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 40 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-09 22:02:27 UTC
Depth
111.9 km (69.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.197° N, 150.377° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.133 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.646 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.047 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.260 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.851 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.755 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.573 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 127 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.755 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.549 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.733 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.453 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.526 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.629 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.555 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 101 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.622 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.844 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.634 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.639 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.733 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.458 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 103 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 1.929 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.043 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 1.540 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.248 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.671 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.528 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.965 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 115 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 2.863 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 124 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.639 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.669 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 114 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.614 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.621 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 127 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 2.848 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 1.625 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.060 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 1.658 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 1.550 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.165 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 1.532 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 92 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 1.851 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 1.662 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 125 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 3.152 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 1.646 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 1.635 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.758 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 1.55 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.658 km SSW of Cantwell, AK · 2472 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 3.463 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.515 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.762 km WNW of Petersville, AK · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.657 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.736 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.567 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.431 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.628 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.560 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.074 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 107 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 1.523 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.922 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.765 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.832 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.461 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 124 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.542 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.821 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.663 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.642 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.866 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 133 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.044 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 117 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.755 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019frmg28d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC.