explosion · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Healy, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Healy in the 24 hours to 8:49 am AKST (17:49 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 23 km (14 mi) NNE, at 4:13 pm AKST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Healy
No: USGS classifies this as a explosion, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.6 explosion was recorded 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Healy, AK, at 3:39 pm AKST on 2 March 2022 (00:39 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 18 km E of Ferry, Alaska
- When
- 3:39 pm AKST on 2 March 2022 ()
- Where
- 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Healy, AK · earthquakes near Healy
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Denali Borough, 73 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Northern Foothills thrust fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt), 23 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1687 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Healy, 20 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.6 on 2018-01-19 — about 32,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 7.1 Central Alaska · 11 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.4 23 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 13 km N of this epicentre
- 6.1 35 km E of Healy, Alaska · 27 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.0 30 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 49 km W of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 64.0014, -148.7334. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali Borough, AK | 73 km (45 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Denali Borough |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 131 km (81 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Fairbanks North Star Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 35 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.3 35 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.5 7 km N of Healy, Alaska
- 1.7 17 km ESE of Healy, Alaska
- 1.5 16 km E of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.6 16 km E of Ferry, Alaska
- 2.1 19 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.8 Central Alaska
- 1.6 20 km E of Ferry, Alaska
- 2.6 12 km E of Healy, Alaska
- 1.5 18 km E of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.5 6 km W of Healy, Alaska
- 2.1 14 km NE of Healy, Alaska
- 1.7 5 km ENE of Healy, Alaska
- 1.8 18 km E of Ferry, Alaska
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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