Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 17 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska on Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 8:54 AM AKST (17:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 25 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-11 17:54:25 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.956° N, 149.643° 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
15

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 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.611 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.123 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.816 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.725 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.928 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.522 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.76 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.037 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.630 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.616 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.135 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.618 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.916 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.335 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.825 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.616 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.513 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.510 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.117 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.632 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 1.829 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.55 km ENE of Cohoe, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.516 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.534 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.723 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.626 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.010 km WNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.133 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.67 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.338 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.615 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.519 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.520 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.041 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.37 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.820 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
  40. 1.823 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.58 km W of Sterling, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.521 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.012 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.87 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.18 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.932 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.929 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 2.122 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.424 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 1.923 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.736 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 2.011 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.318 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.421 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 89 · tsunami flag
  4. 2.710 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.011 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.525 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.55 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.626 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.511 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, AK · 2826 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.437 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.010 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.97 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.50 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.678 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away

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