Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 27 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 27 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska on Wed, Sep 4, 2019, 11:21 PM AKDT (07:21 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-05 07:21:12 UTC
Depth
11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.997° N, 148.962° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.629 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.622 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.835 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.652 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.55 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.636 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.729 km ESE of Funny River, AK · 2552 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.827 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.930 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.531 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.552 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.614 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.835 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.011 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.521 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.636 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.019 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.022 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 1.631 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.226 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.217 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.623 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.957 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.819 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.635 km W of Seward, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.946 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 1.725 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.723 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.121 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  4. 1.914 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.815 km WNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.526 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.835 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.735 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.919 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.928 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.316 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.78 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.512 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.026 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.917 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.18 km WNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.729 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away

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