Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, May 15, 2019, 3:20 PM AKDT (23:20 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-15 23:20:12 UTC
Depth
54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.815° N, 164.032° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.780 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.595 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.068 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.9102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.587 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.096 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.838 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.8107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 53 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.167 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.147 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.3142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 3.584 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.6103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 57 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.1113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.195 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.167 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 3.038 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.881 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.748 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.964 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.664 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.398 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.764 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.637 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.173 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.847 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.0100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 1.875 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.587 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.077 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 2.091 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 1.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 1.782 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.392 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 2.783 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 3.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 2.0130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 2.7104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.294 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 2.0121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.0103 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2661 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.1117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2661 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 1.625 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 2.1139 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.8147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 3.050 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 3.2168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 2.695 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 2.296 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.684 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.9124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.494 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.387 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.964 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.182 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.293 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.695 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.388 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.049 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.655 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.3103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.2108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away

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