Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 26 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 12:30 PM AKST (21:30 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 23 km NNW of Fox River, 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
2016-11-22 21:30:38 UTC
Depth
46.4 km (28.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.665° N, 150.346° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.523 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.515 km E of Eagle River, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.74 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.727 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.52 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.027 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.69 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.445 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.89 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.915 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.522 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.146 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.018 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.846 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.619 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.57 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.624 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.420 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.631 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.77 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.641 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.09 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.637 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 2.216 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.626 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 1.616 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 3.312 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 51
  29. 1.936 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.812 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.913 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 1.713 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.65 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.118 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.08 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.410 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 1.512 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 1.935 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.717 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.734 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 2.112 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.720 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.622 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.33 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.518 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.21 km S of Beluga, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.4Southern Alaska · 3585 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.516 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.948 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.838 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.925 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.521 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 3.329 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 8
  57. 3.327 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 3.311 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.526 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.921 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 168.

Before

  1. 1.810 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.731 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.031 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 22 · tsunami flag
  5. 2.411 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.637 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.542 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.625 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.79 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.731 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.810 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.915 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.016 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.712 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.612 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.612 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away

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