M1.5 earthquake 65 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 7:04 AM AKST (16:04 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km ESE of Pedro Bay, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-20 16:04:36 UTC
- Depth
- 83.4 km (51.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.485° N, 153.039° 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
- 24
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 195 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.733 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 132 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.965 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.453 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 74 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 106 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 1.718 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2806 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 106 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.060 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2806 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.550 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 1.767 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.156 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 120 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.137 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 132 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.047 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.176 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.050 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.769 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.257 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.054 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 132 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.544 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.944 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.257 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.325 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.850 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.446 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 85 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.066 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 135 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 132 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.851 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.887 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.868 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 100 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 141 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 91 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.522 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.757 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 143 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 96 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.733 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.824 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 93 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.840 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.441 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 120 km deep · 28 km away
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