Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 38 km SW of Chitina, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 38 km SW of Chitina, Alaska on Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 4:52 AM AKST (13:52 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 49 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-15 13:52:04 UTC
Depth
102.3 km (63.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.239° N, 144.881° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.749 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.847 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.943 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.343 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.58 km ENE of Silver Springs, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.121 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.837 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.449 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2763 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.549 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.546 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.547 km NNE of Chitina, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.941 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.919 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.646 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.743 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.937 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.533 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.752 km NE of Cordova, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.63 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.946 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.041 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.826 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.548 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.836 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.240 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.038 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 250 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.630 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.127 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.243 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.343 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.544 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2793 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.542 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.647 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.845 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.744 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.545 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.836 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.650 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.835 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.533 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.847 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.541 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away

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