Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 5 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska on Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 11:05 PM AKST (08:05 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.1 1 km SE of Point MacKenzie, 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
2018-11-24 08:05:02 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.991° N, 149.118° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.519 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.90 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.624 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.67 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.627 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.95 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.213 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.756 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.69 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.85 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.631 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.611 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.514 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.78 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.723 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.720 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 7.11 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2,342 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
  18. 4.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 4.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.34 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  21. 5.87 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 122
  22. 4.97 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 4.08 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 3.610 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 3.15 km N of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 4.06 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 4.07 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 4.51 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.72 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 3.38 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 3.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 3.14 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 3.01 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 3.54 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 3.75 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 3.48 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 3.21 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 3.22 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.33 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 3.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 3.72 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.29 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.45 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 3.13 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 5.26 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 79
  46. 3.86 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 3.49 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 3.22 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 3.13 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.80 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 3.25 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.97 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 3.12 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 53
  55. 2.85 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 3.36 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 3.44 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 3.85 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.95 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.95 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.914 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.65 km E of Sunrise, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.123 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.713 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.817 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.68 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.927 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.18 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.919 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.316 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.58 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.52 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.616 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.66 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.67 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.54 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.629 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.022 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away

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