M1.6 earthquake 15 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 1:26 AM AKDT (09:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 20 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-19 09:26:56 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.464° N, 151.315° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.55 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2600 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.768 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.737 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.546 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.134 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.716 km W of Anchor Point, AK · 2595 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.835 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.526 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.540 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2592 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.316 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.932 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.539 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.414 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.147 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.955 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.120 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.629 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.338 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.162 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.945 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.41 km ESE of Homer, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.852 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 162.
Before
- 1.519 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3105 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.062 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.752 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.429 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.838 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.012 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.958 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.622 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.611 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.613 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
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