Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 40 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 3:48 AM AKDT (11:48 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 41 km N of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-17 11:48:14 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.120° N, 148.117° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.326 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.88 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.540 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.526 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.661 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.918 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.526 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.547 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.627 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.653 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.8Central Alaska · 2594 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.044 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.420 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.937 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.515 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.521 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.363 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.571 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.053 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.87 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.831 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.628 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.640 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.513 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.243 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.543 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.94 km SW of Nelchina, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.729 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.020 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.815 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.864 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.553 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.734 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.754 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 1.643 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.564 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.525 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.046 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.862 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2574 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.544 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.968 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.516 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 1.714 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.556 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.838 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 1.66 km SE of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.950 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.813 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.948 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.815 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.730 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.041 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.42 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.832 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 1.517 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.849 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 1.740 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.863 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 1.566 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.435 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 18
  3. 2.318 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.611 km SSE of Susitna North, AK · 2607 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.825 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 3.028 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.662 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.718 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.138 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.469 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2614 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.66 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.957 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.723 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.122 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.533 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.934 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.618 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.416 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away

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