Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 4:37 PM AKST (01:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 65 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-22 01:37:21 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.842° N, 151.582° 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
46

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 161 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.673 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.5Central Alaska · 1381 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.6Central Alaska · 1380 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.557 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.857 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.864 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.673 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.062 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.552 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.971 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.623 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.826 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.724 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.763 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.761 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.619 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.837 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.736 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 1.715 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.918 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.873 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.034 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.560 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.5Central Alaska · 1378 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.528 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.540 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 114 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 1.629 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.828 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.527 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.5Central Alaska · 1377 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.941 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.528 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.550 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 114 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 1.655 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 1.626 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 1.756 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 2.568 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 2.668 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 1.669 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.534 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 1.520 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 128 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 1.563 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.729 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.659 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 134 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.556 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 2.363 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 121 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.560 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 1.547 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 1.5Central Alaska · 1373 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 1.646 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 1.8Central Alaska · 1373 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.0Central Alaska · 1381 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.622 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 84 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.868 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 179 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.670 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.549 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.751 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.7Central Alaska · 1382 days ago · 135 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.652 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.634 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.854 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.557 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 121 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.632 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 121 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.645 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.360 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.927 km S of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.735 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.630 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.567 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away

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