M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 12:15 AM AKDT (08:15 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 49 km NNE of Petersville, 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
- 2019-10-16 08:15:06 UTC
- Depth
- 117.9 km (73.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.083° N, 150.949° 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
- 30
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.032 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.023 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.935 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.549 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.644 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.935 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.953 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.644 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.771 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.629 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.427 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.944 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.553 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.741 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.635 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 125 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.544 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.243 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 127 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.834 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 91 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.825 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 124 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.667 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 2533 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 121 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.514 km ENE of Petersville, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 2531 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 137 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 110 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.964 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 130 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.143 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.538 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.842 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.821 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.728 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.759 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.534 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.571 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.567 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.029 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 125 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.584 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.970 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 100 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.658 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.744 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.648 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 98 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.821 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 121 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 126 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.524 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 125 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 125 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.670 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 108 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.558 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.527 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.827 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.854 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 109 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.371 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 126 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.847 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 101 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2547 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.930 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.055 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.98 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.848 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.026 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.842 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.223 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
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