Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 36 km E of Knik River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 36 km E of Knik River, Alaska on Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 9:44 PM AKST (06:44 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.8 22 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-12-05 06:44:42 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.459° N, 148.232° 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
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.520 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.516 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.542 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.047 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.150 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.741 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.642 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.929 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.640 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.648 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.932 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.656 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.210 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 33
  18. 3.712 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 106
  19. 1.510 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.532 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.845 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 1.56 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.520 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.731 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.612 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.621 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.529 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.330 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.822 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.610 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 3.124 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.136 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.536 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.540 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 3.24 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 23
  38. 1.85 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2482 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 2.75 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.944 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.15 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.98 km SW of Nelchina, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.629 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.829 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.518 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 1.65 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.06 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.145 km N of Valdez, AK · 2477 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.630 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 1.524 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.619 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 2.426 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.04 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 187.

Before

  1. 2.729 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.017 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.38 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.641 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.729 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.34 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.644 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.646 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.146 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.744 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.638 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.714 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.65 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.68 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.117 km NNE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.08 km E of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.644 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.329 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.532 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away

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