Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 23 km NNE of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 23 km NNE of Willow, Alaska on Wed, May 23, 2018, 12:35 PM AKDT (20:35 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 25 km SW of Susitna, 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
2018-05-23 20:35:49 UTC
Depth
28.8 km (17.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.941° N, 149.886° 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
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.717 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.938 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.624 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.943 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.153 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.811 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.75 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.026 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 3.329 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.911 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3051 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.620 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.79 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.629 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.622 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.027 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.615 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.522 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 4.062 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 18
  20. 1.960 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.962 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.461 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.531 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.835 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.627 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 2.460 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.837 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.637 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.613 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 3.062 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.520 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.627 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.924 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.632 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.930 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.16 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.610 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.628 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.836 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 2.069 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.616 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.632 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 1.615 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 2.023 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.76 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.113 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 2.924 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 1.612 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.23 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.13 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.039 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.68 km SSW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 1.627 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.64 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 1.527 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 1.514 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.735 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.96 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 2.233 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 1.749 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.633 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.917 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.127 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.133 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.833 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.87 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.119 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.728 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.927 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.65 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.05 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.533 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.63 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.713 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.823 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.62 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.711 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.915 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.637 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away

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