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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Healy, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Healy in the 24 hours to 6:53 am AKST (15:53 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

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) west-northwest of Healy, AK, at 1:03 am AKST on 11 January 2023 (10:03 UTC), 146 km deep.

USGS: 31 km W of Ferry, Alaska

1:03 am AKST, Jan 11, 2023 · · 146 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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When
1:03 am AKST on 11 January 2023 ()
Where
43 km (27 mi) west-northwest of Healy, AK · earthquakes near Healy
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
146 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Denali Borough, 42 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
Northern Foothills thrust fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt), 15 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 1387 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Healy, 43 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. 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 4.4 on 2021-06-19 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 52 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 28 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 30 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 59 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 32 km WSW 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 64.0426, -149.7496. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Denali Borough, AK 42 km (26 mi) SSW earthquakes near Denali Borough

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.0 20 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
  2. 1.6 43 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
  3. 1.7 Central Alaska
  4. 2.9 19 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
  5. 1.5 45 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
  6. 3.9 35 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
  7. 1.5 51 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
  8. 1.5 Central Alaska
  9. 2.1 15 km W of Healy, Alaska
  10. 1.7 46 km WSW of Clear, Alaska
  11. 1.9 25 km W of Anderson, Alaska
  12. 2.0 17 km WSW of Healy, Alaska
  13. 1.5 Central Alaska
  14. 1.5 Central Alaska
  15. 1.5 47 km W of Denali Park, 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.

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