Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 37 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 37 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 7:28 AM AKST (16:28 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 50 km NNE of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-25 16:28:37 UTC
Depth
83.4 km (51.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.131° N, 149.434° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.643 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.454 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.9Central Alaska · 2442 days ago · 126 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.654 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.0Central Alaska · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 131 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.150 km SW of Cantwell, AK · 2439 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.852 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 123 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.965 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 130 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.565 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.534 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.663 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.838 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 78 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 3.263 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.522 km NW of Chase, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.837 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.571 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.866 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.7Central Alaska · 2433 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.142 km SSE of Denali National Park, AK · 2433 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.961 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.175 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.054 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.950 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.756 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 1.95 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.955 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.367 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.956 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.314 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.264 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.964 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.926 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 2.330 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.668 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 2.465 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.870 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 1.627 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.666 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.546 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 1.626 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.853 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.645 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 1.961 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 1.657 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 3.164 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 1.573 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 1.969 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.552 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.748 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 1.965 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 1.547 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.239 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 197 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.664 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.620 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.620 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.273 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 120 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.759 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.655 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.836 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.641 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 128 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.976 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.523 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.666 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 132 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.572 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.533 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.756 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.179 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.344 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away

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