Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 24 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 24 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:00 AM AKST (18:00 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 5 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-12 18:00:25 UTC
Depth
15.8 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.603° N, 148.242° 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
21

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.722 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.06 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.22 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.243 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2785 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.127 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.512 km NNE of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.72 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.88 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.62 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2785 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 18
  18. 1.546 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.87 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.65 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.62 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.62 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.931 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.96 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.63 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.95 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.71 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.61 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.54 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.17 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.512 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 2.37 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.07 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 24
  42. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.42 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.67 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.73 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  47. 1.82 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.93 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.86 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.667 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 4.45 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 784 · tsunami flag
  53. 2.17 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 1.78 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.85 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.56 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 2.421 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.544 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.639 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.33 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.87 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.76 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 154
  8. 1.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.02 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 24
  10. 2.08 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2787 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.628 km SE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.83 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.6Southern Alaska · 2788 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.94 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.73 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.04 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away

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