Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 9:11 AM AKST (18:11 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 33 km W of Clear, Alaska, 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
2022-02-23 18:11:46 UTC
Depth
106.1 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.710° N, 148.875° 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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.049 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.252 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.814 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.559 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.673 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.682 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.951 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.775 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.862 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.554 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.774 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.76 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.587 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.156 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.030 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.583 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.655 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.675 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.556 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.144 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.748 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.546 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.264 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.355 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 3.019 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.358 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.050 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.515 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 2.057 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.510 km WNW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 112 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 1.658 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.638 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1651 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 1.646 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1651 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.116 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 1.645 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1650 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 1.545 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.648 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 143 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 1.623 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 1.653 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 2.185 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.862 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.5Central Alaska · 1646 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 2.462 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 2.428 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 1.763 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 128 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.635 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 1.846 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.657 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 3.533 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 13
  53. 1.666 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.130 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.648 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.854 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 1.546 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1639 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.964 km NE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.647 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 1.545 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.736 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.38 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.656 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.110 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.554 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.154 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.575 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.535 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.734 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.631 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.515 km SSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 140 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.732 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.868 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.568 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.524 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.556 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.725.4 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.871 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.616 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0222hlt06d. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC.