M1.7 earthquake 4 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska on Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 1:11 AM AKDT (09:11 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km SSE 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-21 09:11:11 UTC
- Depth
- 42.1 km (26.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.478° N, 149.935° 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
- 46
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
- 1.68 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.919 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.134 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 42 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.536 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.511 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.928 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.310 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.622 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2533 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.814 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.71 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.031 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.15 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.732 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.51 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.86 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.613 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.815 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.521 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.523 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.219 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 18
- 1.621 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.821 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.222 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.73 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.98 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.26 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.511 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 27
- 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.810 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.94 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.24 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 2.32 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 43 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.29 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.06 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.81 km E of Houston, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.526 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 2538 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 2.14 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 1.612 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.522 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.016 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2541 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
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