Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 11:14 PM AKDT (07:14 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 49 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-12 07:14:15 UTC
Depth
83.3 km (51.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.535° N, 151.262° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.847 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.371 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 126 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.854 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.527 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.610 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.558 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.742 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.670 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.626 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 125 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.024 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.610 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.6Central Alaska · 2540 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.032 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 87 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.023 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 81 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 1.935 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.57 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.549 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.935 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.953 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.711 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.771 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.629 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.427 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 3.134 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.944 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.553 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.741 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.511 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 1.635 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 1.544 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 2.243 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.413 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.656 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 127 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.834 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 1.825 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 89 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.716 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.667 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.725 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 90 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 1.9Central Alaska · 2530 days ago · 85 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 1.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.715 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.621 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.514 km ENE of Petersville, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.521 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 137 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.793 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.964 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 1.734 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.143 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.842 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 2.821 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.930 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.055 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.98 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.848 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.842 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 99 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.223 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 89 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.553 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.424 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 88 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.557 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.624 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.644 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.022 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.756 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.555 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.611 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.625 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.662 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.548 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.733 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 96 km deep · 8 km away

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