Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Dec 29, 2022, 7:37 PM AKST (04:37 UTC), 120 km (75 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-30 04:37:22 UTC
Depth
120.3 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.085° N, 151.009° 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
56

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 178 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 115 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.531 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.572 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 114 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.863 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 128 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 125 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.746 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.022 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.9Central Alaska · 1372 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.954 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 114 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.865 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 128 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.547 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.642 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.650 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.2Central Alaska · 1371 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.331 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.664 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.559 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 113 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.674 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 107 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.536 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.618 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.934 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.763 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.554 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 1.559 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 1.528 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.836 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 129 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 1.5Central Alaska · 1369 days ago · 113 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 1.540 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.543 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 1.559 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.53 km WNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.7Central Alaska · 1367 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 2.061 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.683 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 138 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.147 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.414 km SE of Petersville, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.557 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 111 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.733 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 1.645 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.855 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 116 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 2.554 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.632 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 1.725 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 79 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.646 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 3.6Central Alaska · 1364 days ago · 128 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.577 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.661 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 1.943 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.627 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.836 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 1.524 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 1.745 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 1.7Central Alaska · 1362 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 1.653 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 1.669 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 1.543 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 90 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.151 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 109 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 1.523 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 1.646 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 109 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.661 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 85 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.5Central Alaska · 1374 days ago · 123 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.547 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.560 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 121 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.363 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.556 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 126 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.659 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 134 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.563 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 123 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 128 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.539 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.534 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.669 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.668 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.568 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.756 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away

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