M1.5 earthquake 40 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 8:20 PM AKDT (04:20 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-16 04:20:58 UTC
- Depth
- 80.2 km (49.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.359° N, 152.073° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 160 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.211 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.666 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 116 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2544 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.660 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 92 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 109 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.542 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 152 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.830 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.249 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 86 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.143 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 75 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2542 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.522 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.223 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.810 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.852 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 139 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.526 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.354 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 85 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2540 days ago · 81 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.639 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.671 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.850 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.948 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 154 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.835 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 124 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.347 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 163 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.048 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.622 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 83 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.95 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.87 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.771 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.519 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.746 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.658 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 131 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.613 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.059 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.635 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.951 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
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