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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Healy, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Healy in the 24 hours to 1:24 am AKST (10:24 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 landslide, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.5 landslide was recorded 48 km (30 mi) west of Healy, AK, at 11:39 pm AKDT on 2 September 2024 (07:39 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 41 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska
- When
- 11:39 pm AKDT on 2 September 2024 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) west of Healy, AK · earthquakes near Healy
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Denali Borough, 27 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 760 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Healy, 48 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.
USGS catalogues this as landslide, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 2023-05-09 — about 22,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 52 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 12 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.0 30 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 15 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 59 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 19 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 63.9181, -149.9268. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali Borough, AK | 27 km (17 mi) | S | earthquakes near Denali Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 35 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.9 32 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.6 27 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.8 68 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.5 37 km WSW of Clear, Alaska
- 1.6 53 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.1 51 km W of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.5 49 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.6 51 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
- 1.7 41 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.9 35 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
- 2.2 27 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.2 57 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
- 1.8 69 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.7 50 km WSW 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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