Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 16 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska on Sun, Dec 1, 2019, 10:37 PM AKST (07:37 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 39 km NE of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-02 07:37:21 UTC
Depth
27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.000° N, 149.191° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.731 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.513 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.431 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.530 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.435 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.720 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.038 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.114 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.530 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.136 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.87 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.918 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.519 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.731 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.618 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.145 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.218 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.628 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.533 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.95 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.030 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 3.226 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 7
  31. 2.321 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.716 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.827 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.926 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.716 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.725 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.615 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 1.512 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.536 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.737 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.922 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.719 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.74 km ENE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 1.68 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  47. 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 1.940 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 3.332 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  50. 2.429 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.115 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 1.59 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.616 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.020 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.612 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.329 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.221 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.822 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.824 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.630 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.128 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.724 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.622 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.436 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 3.338 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 3.017 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.546 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.622 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.720 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.922 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.619 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away

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