Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 40 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 40 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 2:26 AM AKST (11:26 UTC), 165 km (102 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 48 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-02-21 11:26:19 UTC
Depth
164.5 km (102.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.995° N, 160.559° 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
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.715 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.533 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 157 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 3.331 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 144 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 3.126 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 151 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.426 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.950 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.847 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 215 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.933 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.227 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.924 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.036 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 3.021 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.842 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.912 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.751 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 215 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.656 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 4.548 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 169 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 3.543 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 211 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.250 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 153 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.143 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.812 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 180 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.242 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.860 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 3.322 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 156 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 4.134 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 170 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 3.549 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 162 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.626 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 3.017 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.155 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 215 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.624 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.239 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 3.520 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 168 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2791 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.756 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.042 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.043 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.043 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 3.239 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.337 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.660 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.128 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 141 km deep · 97 km away

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