M1.5 earthquake 44 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 44 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 10:39 AM AKDT (18:39 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 32 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-18 18:39:00 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.877° N, 148.709° 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
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.929 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.650 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.624 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.532 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 1.99 km W of Seward, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.634 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.320 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.822 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.69 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.217 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.433 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.047 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.616 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.821 km SE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.736 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.139 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.237 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 2.323 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.453 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.549 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.616 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.336 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.316 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
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