Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 3:16 AM AKST (12:16 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 24 km SW of North Pole, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-17 12:16:32 UTC
Depth
1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.235° N, 148.918° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.815 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.8Central Alaska · 2811 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.515 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 126 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.610 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.19 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.59 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.510 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.88 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 127 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.751 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 138 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.934 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.529 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.513 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.831 km E of Minto, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.54 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.039 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.124 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.313 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.027 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.323 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.532 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.66 km N of Badger, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.575 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.924 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.529 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.134 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.652 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.2Central Alaska · 2787 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.527 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.945 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 1.86 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 1.525 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.049 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.541 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.740 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.811 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 2.311 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.610 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.346 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.414 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.739 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.312 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.519 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.631 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 1.624 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.612 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.647 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.753 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.062 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.631 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.547 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 3.624 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 279
  52. 1.825 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.554 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.628 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.78 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.56 km SSE of Ester, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 3.18 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.642 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.738 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.011 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 3.78 km ESE of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 44
  2. 1.642 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 146 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.517 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.832 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.561 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.024 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.844 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.532 km E of Minto, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.6Central Alaska · 2826 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.24 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.664 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.629 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.95 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.646 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.623 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.525 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 140 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.537 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.59 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away

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