M1.5 earthquake 54 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 4:11 PM AKDT (00:11 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 61 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-31 00:11:45 UTC
- Depth
- 15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.489° N, 152.837° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 166 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.671 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.539 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.561 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.147 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.955 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.262 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.768 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 109 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.265 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 133 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.636 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 133 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.037 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 82 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2582 days ago · -1 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.874 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 127 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.120 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.338 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.162 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.333 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 156 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.945 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 126 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.538 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.570 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.847 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 165 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.41 km ESE of Homer, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.852 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.361 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.932 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.075 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.772 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.565 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.864 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 119 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.858 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 142 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2591 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.548 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.948 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 147 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.116 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 157 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
- 1.851 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
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