Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 15 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sat, Nov 19, 2016, 6:01 PM AKST (03:01 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 26 km E of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-20 03:01:47 UTC
Depth
38.2 km (23.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.162° N, 150.162° 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.

Stations used
62

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.024 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.810 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.731 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.734 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.83 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.625 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.23 km WNW of Knik River, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.411 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.516 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.031 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 22 · tsunami flag
  12. 1.530 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3604 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.731 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.810 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.926 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.77 km NE of Knik River, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.515 km E of Eagle River, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.53 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.74 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.727 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.52 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.027 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.557 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.630 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.69 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.931 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.445 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.89 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.915 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.522 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.656 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.71 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
  35. 1.552 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 3.018 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.619 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 2.023 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.624 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 2.420 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.628 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.516 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 1.641 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.09 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 2.337 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.216 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.543 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 2.222 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.920 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 2.19 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.921 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.51 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.826 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.017 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.626 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 3.217 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  57. 1.916 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.112 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.025 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 3.312 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 51

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.722 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.016 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.712 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.612 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.612 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.716 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.13 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.635 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.518 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.513 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.518 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.637 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.823 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.15 km S of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.826 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.636 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.75 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.014 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away

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