Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 22 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 22 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska on Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 4:36 AM AKDT (12:36 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km E of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-17 12:36:18 UTC
Depth
38.1 km (23.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.905° N, 149.481° 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
14

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.12 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 18
  2. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.02 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.06 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.337 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.86 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.712 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.56 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.18 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 33
  13. 2.02 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.13 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.36 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.825 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.93 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.0Central Alaska · 2751 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.720 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.72 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  25. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.530 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 2.128 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.523 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 2.454 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.911 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.75 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 1.734 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.5Southern Alaska · 2749 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.933 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.31 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.559 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.04 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 4.14 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 242 · tsunami flag
  42. 1.526 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.58 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.457 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.321 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 1.725 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.525 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.98 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.73 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 1.59 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 3.33 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 86
  57. 2.18 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.075 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.98 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.714 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.87 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.833 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.76 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.834 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.926 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.38 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.65 km NNE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.926 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.718 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.28 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.546 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.516 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.720 km ENE of Petersville, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.57 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.648 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.74 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.518 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away

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