M1.9 earthquake 69 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 69 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 6:25 PM AKST (03:25 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 41 km SE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-16 03:25:49 UTC
- Depth
- 83.6 km (51.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.323° N, 153.134° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.441 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.840 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.824 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.733 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.522 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.880 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 141 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.733 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 132 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.965 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 108 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.453 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 1.718 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2801 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.060 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 79 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2800 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.550 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 1.767 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.156 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 120 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 111 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.137 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.047 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.176 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.050 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.769 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.257 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.054 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 132 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.544 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 117 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.944 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.257 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 121 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.865 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.325 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
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