Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 40 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 40 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 9:00 PM AKST (06:00 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-17 06:00:06 UTC
Depth
53.4 km (33.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.038° N, 152.257° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 146 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.431 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.333 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.056 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.152 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.51 km NE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.630 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 57 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 3.857 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.611 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 64 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.958 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.947 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.245 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.778 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.637 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 51 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.039 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.865 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.659 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.663 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.061 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.640 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.669 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.640 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 61 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 1.640 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 83 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.659 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.516 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.687 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.249 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.260 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 1.828 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.968 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.654 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.942 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2774 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.938 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.745 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.657 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.865 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 2.655 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.928 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.083 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.630 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.374 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.368 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 101 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.776 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.737 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.840 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.870 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.070 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.338 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.735 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.98 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 250 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.258 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.510 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.736 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.825 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away

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