Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 3:15 PM AKDT (23:15 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 28 km NW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-25 23:15:30 UTC
Depth
39.4 km (24.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.413° N, 150.037° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.827 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.827 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.627 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.529 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.16 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 827 · tsunami flag
  8. 2.26 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.27 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.815 km WNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.610 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.17 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.133 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
  14. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2593 days ago · 41 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.96 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.618 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.515 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.026 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.19 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 3.121 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  21. 2.05 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.619 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.64 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.53 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.930 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.521 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 3.27 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 24
  28. 2.98 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.87 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 1.67 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 1.87 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 1.832 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.220 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.99 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.65 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.628 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 1.59 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.920 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.730 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.96 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 12
  43. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2587 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 1.914 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 1.513 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 1.55 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 54 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 1.59 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.912 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 1.928 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.33 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.98 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  55. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 1.88 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 1.58 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.55 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 1.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.815 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

  1. 1.526 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.89 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.99 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.78 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.57 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.617 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.915 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 3.19 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 15
  10. 1.63 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.14 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.526 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.56 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 43 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.88 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.66 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.326 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.713 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1

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