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M 2.9ml

Earthquake near Healy, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Healy in the 24 hours to 5:57 am AKST (14:57 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 2.9 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) northwest of Healy, AK, at 7:54 pm AKDT on 1 April 2024 (03:54 UTC), 7.1 km deep. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 8 km S of Ferry, Alaska

7:54 pm AKDT, Apr 1, 2024 · · 7.1 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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When
7:54 pm AKDT on 1 April 2024 ()
Where
12 km (8 mi) northwest of Healy, AK · earthquakes near Healy
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
7.1 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Denali Borough, 53 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Park Road fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt), 25 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 884 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 31 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Healy, 12 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Healy 12 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 350 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 7.1 Central Alaska · 30 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 23 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 28 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 35 km E of Healy, Alaska · 44 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 52 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 49 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 30 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 32 km WNW 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 63.9437, -149.1283. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Denali Borough, AK 53 km (33 mi) WSW 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 17 km E of Ferry, Alaska
  2. 1.5 14 km WSW of Healy, Alaska
  3. 2.1 18 km E of Ferry, Alaska
  4. 1.5 33 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
  5. 1.6 26 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
  6. 2.4 8 km N of Healy, Alaska
  7. 1.5 31 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
  8. 1.6 19 km W of Healy, Alaska
  9. 1.7 14 km NE of Healy, Alaska
  10. 2.0 19 km SSW of Denali Park, Alaska
  11. 1.5 20 km E of Ferry, Alaska
  12. 1.8 15 km SE of Denali Park, Alaska
  13. 1.8 3 km SW of Healy, Alaska
  14. 1.5 8 km NNE of Healy, Alaska
  15. 2.3 27 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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