M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 5:31 AM AKST (14:31 UTC), 84 km (52 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-08 14:31:43 UTC
- Depth
- 84.1 km (52.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.520° N, 149.095° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.210 km WNW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.947 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 127 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1728 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.525 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.547 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1727 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.657 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.541 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 123 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.541 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.756 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.824 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.971 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.134 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 150 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.321 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.714 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.133 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.573 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 112 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.538 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.635 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 128 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.648 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.549 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.648 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.655 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.666 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.157 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.860 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.717 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 112 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 132 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.647 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.668 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.057 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.250 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.650 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.871 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.556 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.627 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 132 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.670 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.563 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 151.
Before
- 1.841 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.470 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.656 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.650 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.040 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.668 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.748 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.645 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.621 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
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