M1.5 earthquake 40 km W of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km W of Nikiski, Alaska on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 12:16 AM AKST (09:16 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 51 km SSW of Skwentna, 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
- 2019-01-27 09:16:50 UTC
- Depth
- 89.2 km (55.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.751° N, 152.015° 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
- 29
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 157 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.446 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.066 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 135 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.512 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.616 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.526 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.510 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.947 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 122 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 130 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.765 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.825 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.548 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 114 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 82 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.117 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2793 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Cohoe, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.677 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 125 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.530 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.468 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 138 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.114 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.516 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.948 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 145 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.264 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.12 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.759 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 137 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.927 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.528 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 82 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.065 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.220 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.352 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.537 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.825 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.916 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 84 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.921 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.050 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.618 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.655 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 94 km deep · 18 km away
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