Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21 km N of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km N of Fishhook, Alaska on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 3:02 AM AKDT (11:02 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 62 km ENE of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-04-09 11:02:13 UTC
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.939° N, 149.196° 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
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.022 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.632 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.527 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.52 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.59 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.512 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.616 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.666 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.721 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.616 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.654 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.913 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.98 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.520 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 3.940 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.67 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.917 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.130 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.92 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.925 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.535 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.039 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.92 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 2.141 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.56 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 1.527 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.65 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.526 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.866 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.249 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.026 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 1.519 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.239 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.131 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.621 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 2.319 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.719 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.918 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.442 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3087 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.73 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.615 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 1.87 km NE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 1.666 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.614 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.557 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.510 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 1.527 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.416 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.536 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  56. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.844 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.927 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.413 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.27 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 2.525 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.018 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.815 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.124 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.92 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.823 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.612 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.532 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.919 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.612 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.623 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.630 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.613 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.428 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.620 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.410 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.64 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away

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