M1.5 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sat, Nov 19, 2016, 9:04 AM AKST (18:04 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 34 km NNE of Whittier, 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
- 2016-11-19 18:04:55 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.705° N, 147.695° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.150 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.531 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.944 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.034 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.742 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.541 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.651 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.038 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.052 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.835 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.420 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Valdez, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.025 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.019 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.118 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.615 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.217 km NNE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.046 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.044 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.742 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.614 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.642 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.744 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.648 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.840 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.855 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.737 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.549 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.835 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.522 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.534 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 10
- 1.822 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.734 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.334 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.940 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 2.137 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.639 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.237 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.139 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.556 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.736 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.513 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.821 km SE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
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