M1.9 earthquake 46 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 46 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 9:43 PM AKDT (05:43 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km SW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-04-18 05:43:55 UTC
- Depth
- 110.9 km (68.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.428° N, 149.883° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.7 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- Stations used
- 40
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 195 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.554 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 169 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.837 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 169 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.756 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 168 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.639 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 168 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.737 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 168 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 168 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.618 km N of Chase, Alaska · 168 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 167 days ago · 121 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.069 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 167 days ago · 120 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.861 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 167 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.633 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 167 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.739 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 167 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 166 days ago · 132 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.153 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 166 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.537 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 166 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 166 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 166 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 165 days ago · 121 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.717 km S of Denali Park, Alaska · 165 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.736 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 165 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.749 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 164 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.845 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 164 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.070 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 164 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.955 km N of Chase, Alaska · 164 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.029 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 164 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 163 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.756 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 163 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.225 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 163 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 163 days ago · 122 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.622 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 163 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.356 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 163 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.667 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 163 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.836 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 163 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.318 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 163 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.963 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 163 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.742 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 163 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 163 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.552 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 163 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.348 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 162 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.141 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 162 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 162 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.755 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 162 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.750 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 162 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 162 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.668 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 161 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.928 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 161 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.850 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 161 days ago · 133 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.936 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 161 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.756 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 161 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.646 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 161 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.965 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 160 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 160 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.930 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 160 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 160 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 160 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.624 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 159 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.459 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 159 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.357 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 159 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 58
- 1.968 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 159 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.959 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 159 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.760 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 169 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.760 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 169 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.630 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 169 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Clear, Alaska · 169 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.151 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 169 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.741 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 169 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.552 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 170 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.056 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 170 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.651 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 170 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.825 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 170 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.649 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 170 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.651 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 170 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.250 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 170 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.856 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 171 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 171 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.453 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 171 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.839 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 171 days ago · 90 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.450 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 171 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.049 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 171 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.657 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 171 days ago · 102 km deep · 16 km away
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