Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska on Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 4:26 AM AKST (13:26 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km E of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-22 13:26:52 UTC
Depth
12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.871° N, 150.386° 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
45

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.114 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.13 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.76 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.57 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.85 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.51 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.931 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.110 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2775 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.33 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.721 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 51 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.740 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.520 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.77 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 3.15 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 8
  23. 1.915 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.76 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  27. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.617 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.615 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.84 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.86 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 3.04 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 7
  35. 2.25 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 2.37 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.522 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.06 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.76 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 2.48 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2772 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.15 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.823 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 1.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.96 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.33 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.85 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.520 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.353 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.58 km W of Sterling, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.17 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 1.710 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.34 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.537 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.76 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.510 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.06 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 9
  3. 1.726 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.03 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.03 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 21
  7. 2.15 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.77 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.07 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.519 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.73 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.52 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.66 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2778 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.320 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.23 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away

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