M1.7 earthquake 16 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska on Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 9:45 PM AKST (06:45 UTC), 81 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-16 06:45:17 UTC
- Depth
- 81.2 km (50.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.965° N, 152.031° 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
- 45
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 194 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.858 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 146 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2510 days ago · 81 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.754 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.773 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.573 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.336 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 151 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 126 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.69 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.134 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.740 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.27 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.68 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.655 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.755 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.943 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 174 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.857 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.157 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.851 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 134 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.925 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.77 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 78 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.837 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2505 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.846 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.160 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.424 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.731 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.036 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.668 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.656 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.441 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 134 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.090 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 135 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.510 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.837 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.619 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.145 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.046 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 147 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.623 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 65 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.858 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.672 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.673 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2511 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
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