Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 11 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 13, 2019, 11:11 AM AKST (20:11 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 27 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-13 20:11:15 UTC
Depth
21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.024° N, 149.267° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.123 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.725 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.928 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.544 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.522 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.76 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.037 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.630 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.135 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.916 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.335 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.825 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.513 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.510 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.117 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.632 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.829 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.534 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.643 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.723 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.626 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.939 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.938 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.010 km WNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.133 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.615 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.520 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.041 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 2.37 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.820 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 12
  34. 1.823 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.012 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.87 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 1.932 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 1.929 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.122 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.424 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.923 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.927 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.736 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.011 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.755 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.723 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.913 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 1.717 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.318 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.421 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 89 · tsunami flag
  5. 2.011 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.525 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.626 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, AK · 2826 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.27 km ENE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.437 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.010 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.97 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2838 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.50 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 3.678 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.023 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away

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