Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 10:23 AM AKST (19:23 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 68 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-02-22 19:23:01 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.984° N, 147.303° 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
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.311 km E of Nenana, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.540 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.248 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.583 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.8Central Alaska · 2403 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.65 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.922 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.511 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.812 km SSE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.89 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 3.768 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 8
  12. 2.26 km S of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.0Central Alaska · 2391 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.924 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.977 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.712 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.08 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.841 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.517 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.944 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.414 km WSW of Deltana, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.86 km SSE of North Pole, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.915 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.560 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.018 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.410 km WSW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.939 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.584 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.541 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.763 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.511 km N of North Pole, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.516 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.614 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.314 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.95 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.678 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.877 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.726 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.11 km WNW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.0Central Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.239 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 197 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.19 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away

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