M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 7:31 PM AKDT (03:31 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-20 03:31:39 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.536° N, 151.092° 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
- 44
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 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.158 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.147 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.144 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.655 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.865 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.331 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 118 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.957 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.064 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 133 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.462 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 133 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.163 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.959 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.516 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 167 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.824 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 141 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.268 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.362 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.372 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.756 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.569 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.358 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 89 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.560 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.522 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.1Central Alaska · 1462 days ago · 106 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.058 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.571 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.060 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.531 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.036 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.548 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.546 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.655 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.667 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.566 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.855 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 180
- 1.642 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.555 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.869 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.065 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 123 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.358 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.553 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.618 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.134 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.964 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 126 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.243 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 129 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.764 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.919 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.657 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.837 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 99 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.546 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.045 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.661 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.164 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 121 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.553 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.150 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1479 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.937 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.129 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
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