Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 59 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, May 2, 2020, 2:58 PM AKDT (22:58 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 57 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-05-02 22:58:13 UTC
Depth
76.9 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.941° N, 149.571° 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
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.867 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.720 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.146 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.636 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 84 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 130 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 3.066 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.042 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 87 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.350 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.635 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.461 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.916 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.661 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 113 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.751 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.760 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.555 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.165 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 132 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.045 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 1.654 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.263 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.816 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.877 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.537 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.872 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 1.852 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 2.145 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 3.046 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 128 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 90 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.033 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.360 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 88 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 3.056 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 91 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 1.843 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 1.558 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.768 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.358 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.130 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.764 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 128 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.638 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 2.819 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 73 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 2.586 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.670 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.914 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 1.744 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.625 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 2.058 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.750 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 87 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.035 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.949 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.911 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.659 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.631 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.159 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

  1. 1.651 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.558 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.056 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 85 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.853 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.513 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.160 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.235 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.578 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.555 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.657 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.737 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.624 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.044 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.86 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.546 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.936 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.538 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 130 km deep · 69 km away

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