M1.6 earthquake 5 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Tue, Sep 3, 2019, 12:56 AM AKDT (08:56 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 28 km NW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-03 08:56:54 UTC
- Depth
- 63.4 km (39.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.162° N, 151.177° 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
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.920 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.730 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.96 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 12
- 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2585 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.716 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.55 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.928 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.33 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.98 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.539 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.236 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.071 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.562 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.74 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.03 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.926 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.511 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.029 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 72 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.96 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
- 1.935 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2576 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.846 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.521 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.82 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.97 km W of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.94 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2573 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.511 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.622 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.228 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1,174 · tsunami flag
- 2.324 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.729 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.75 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 108 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.99 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 59 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.220 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.844 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.67 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.87 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.98 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.213 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.27 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 24
- 1.55 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.930 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.53 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 62 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
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