Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 22 km E of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km E of Healy, Alaska on Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 3:31 AM AKST (12:31 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 11 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-12-22 12:31:19 UTC
Depth
101.7 km (63.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.834° N, 148.517° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.749 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.525 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.67 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.538 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.627 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.657 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.546 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.534 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.139 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.653 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.514 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 1.535 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 3.246 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.589 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.010 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 93 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.128 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.67 km S of Ferry, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.645 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 124 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.961 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.638 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.535 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 1.685 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.386 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.456 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.717 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.612 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 92 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.727 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.641 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.5Central Alaska · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.845 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.926 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 2.449 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.07 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.630 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 140 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.948 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.315 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.573 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.760 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.723 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 1.525 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 101 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 1.636 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.642 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.663 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.242 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.156 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 1.523 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 102 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 1.75 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.722 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.916 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 1.7Central Alaska · 2062 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.12 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.979 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.061 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.580 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.14 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 1.561 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.549 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.543 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.532 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.619 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.761 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.530 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.99 km S of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.844 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.034 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.025 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.534 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.212 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.741 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 115 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.331 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.718 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.547 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.557 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.912 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.645 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020gem6s6d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC.