M1.8 earthquake 60 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 60 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 8:04 AM AKST (17:04 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 72 km S of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-19 17:04:11 UTC
- Depth
- 78.2 km (48.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.054° N, 149.884° 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
- 65
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 159 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.822 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.952 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 83 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.717 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 132 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.864 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.559 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.861 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 112 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.647 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.668 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.057 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.250 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.650 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.556 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.755 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.627 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 128 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 108 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.632 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.932 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 132 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.670 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.640 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.563 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.456 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.118 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.524 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8Central Alaska · 1711 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.540 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1710 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 124 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.245 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 135 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.664 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 132 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 121 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.551 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.760 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.639 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.170 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 124 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.975 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.940 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.817 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.931 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.937 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.642 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.562 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 86 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.541 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.627 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 87 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 130 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 124 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.157 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.666 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 110 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1720 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.76 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.556 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.547 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.725 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.655 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.648 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.549 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 87 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
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