Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 40 km NNE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 12:57 PM AKST (21:57 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 70 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-16 21:57:57 UTC
Depth
67.4 km (41.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.784° N, 149.800° 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
45

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 136 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.830 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.248 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.39 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.671 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.965 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.863 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.639 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.669 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.522 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.614 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.621 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.634 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.848 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.625 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.538 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.060 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.658 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 80 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.550 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.165 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 1.532 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.851 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 1.634 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.662 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.652 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 3.152 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.646 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.635 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 69 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 2.758 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.636 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.740 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 1.55 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 79 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.515 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.658 km SSW of Cantwell, AK · 2473 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.515 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.657 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.732 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 1.831 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.656 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.558 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.621 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 1.743 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.963 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.733 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.736 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.150 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.832 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.541 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.5Central Alaska · 2469 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.264 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 126 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.942 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.760 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.961 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 1.969 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 1.555 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.565 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.043 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.631 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.929 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.253 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.712 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.458 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.555 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.639 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.634 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.844 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.130 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.822 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.555 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.629 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.529 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.526 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.365 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away

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