M1.6 earthquake 40 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 8:50 AM AKST (17:50 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 39 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-27 17:50:54 UTC
- Depth
- 60.8 km (37.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.011° N, 152.163° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.659 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.516 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.249 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 52 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.828 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.968 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2763 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.745 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 107 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.657 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.655 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.928 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.083 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.374 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.368 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.341 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.856 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.955 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.368 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 2755 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.149 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.246 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.148 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.639 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 51 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.948 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.142 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2750 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.820 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.949 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.553 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 179.
Before
- 1.669 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 100 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.663 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.659 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.865 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.869 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.637 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 51 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.778 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.245 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.947 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.958 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.611 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.857 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.630 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.51 km NE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
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