Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska on Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 8:41 PM AKST (05:41 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-13 05:41:19 UTC
Depth
38.1 km (23.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.240° N, 150.013° 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
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 131 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.129 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.520 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.823 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.66 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.67 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.96 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.612 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.529 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.526 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 1.822 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.031 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.115 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 226 · tsunami flag
  16. 2.816 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.630 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.524 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.66 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 3.24 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 23
  21. 1.85 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.87 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.821 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2477 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 1.613 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.810 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.75 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.918 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 2.15 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 1.528 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.227 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 1.926 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 1.620 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.65 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 2.433 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 2.06 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.715 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 2.04 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.927 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.86 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 2.022 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.53 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 2.415 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 1.915 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.717 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 3.56 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 220
  57. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 1.54 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 1.611 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 2.08 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.810 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.522 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.510 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 3.712 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 106
  5. 3.210 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 33
  6. 1.611 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.50 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.819 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.725 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.220 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 1.68 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.221 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 3.58 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 11
  18. 1.917 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.942 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away

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