M1.5 earthquake 71 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, May 19, 2016, 2:33 AM AKDT (10:33 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 67 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, 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
- 2016-05-19 10:33:30 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.989° N, 152.936° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 185 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.931 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.728 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 150 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.852 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.829 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.062 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.545 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.740 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3786 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.960 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.557 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.964 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 67 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.647 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.063 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3784 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.240 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.628 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.667 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.151 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.650 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 141 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.840 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.839 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.248 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.941 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.492 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.241 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.022 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 136 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.443 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.652 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 126 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.875 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.062 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.861 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.157 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.167 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.144 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.841 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.545 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.624 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.859 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.652 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.673 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.453 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.447 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.230 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.358 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
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