Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 16 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, May 7, 2020, 4:36 AM AKDT (12:36 UTC), 80 km (50 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
2020-05-07 12:36:01 UTC
Depth
80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.254° N, 148.819° 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
88

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.513 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.751 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.555 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.165 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 132 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.045 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.654 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.816 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.215 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 116 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.877 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.537 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.872 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.145 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 3.046 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.033 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 2.360 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 3.056 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.843 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.768 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.764 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.638 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 2.819 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 73 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 1.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.586 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.670 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.744 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.625 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 2.058 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.750 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.035 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.610 km NE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.824 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.848 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 1.959 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.445 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 1.572 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.349 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 3.457 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 127 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  45. 1.665 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.573 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.963 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.813 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 1.557 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 1.511 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.868 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.959 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 131 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 112 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.665 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.578 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 1.978 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.69 km NE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 112.

Before

  1. 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.350 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.042 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.066 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 130 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.636 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 73 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.867 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.959 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.558 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.056 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 85 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.160 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.578 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.555 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.737 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.044 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.538 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away

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