Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 15 km ENE of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km ENE of Willow, Alaska on Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 1:06 PM AKST (22:06 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 61 km ENE of Susitna North, 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
2018-02-12 22:06:26 UTC
Depth
42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.813° N, 149.774° 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: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.626 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.524 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.941 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.926 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.616 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.520 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.044 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.411 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.124 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.024 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.629 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.617 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.824 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.134 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.94 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.533 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.939 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.242 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.714 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.624 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.919 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.917 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.86 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.819 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 1.735 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 2.227 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.211 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.131 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.512 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.616 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.810 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.517 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 1.513 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.611 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.518 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.517 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.62 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.91 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.617 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 1.540 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.511 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.728 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.911 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.644 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.012 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 1.635 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 1.515 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.73 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 4.361 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
  51. 2.762 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.716 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 2.062 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.625 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.617 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.920 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.510 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.010 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 1.825 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.825 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.525 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.832 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.531 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.611 km NNE of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.58 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.615 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.143 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.727 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.13 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.418 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.947 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.712 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 48 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.713 km SE of Petersville, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.816 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.634 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.628 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 1.835 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.715 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.2Southern Alaska · 3161 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.56 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3

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