M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 3:39 AM AKDT (11:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 55 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-09 11:39:39 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.291° N, 151.663° 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
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.673 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.352 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 126 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.925 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.656 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 120 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 104 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.129 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1481 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.150 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.553 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.164 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.661 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.546 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.571 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.568 km NE of Nikolai, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.837 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.657 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.764 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.233 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 3.243 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1476 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.158 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.147 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.144 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.655 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.865 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.331 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 130 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.064 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.163 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 126 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.959 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.516 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 167 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.268 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.362 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.372 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 125 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.522 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.551 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.756 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.569 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.358 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.516 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 120 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.567 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.633 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.854 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.070 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.851 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.636 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.950 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.339 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.649 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.726 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.036 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.550 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.538 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.826 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.922 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.823 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
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