Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 10 km W of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km W of Point Possession, Alaska on Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 3:09 AM AKDT (11:09 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-23 11:09:57 UTC
Depth
47.8 km (29.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.930° N, 150.885° 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
34

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 128 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.54 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.59 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.721 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.467 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.647 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.247 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.615 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.325 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.66 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.63 km NE of Salamatof, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.832 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.89 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.17 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.268 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.752 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.67 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.15 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.523 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.611 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 15
  26. 1.93 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.75 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
  28. 1.622 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.031 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2556 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 1.52 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.12 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  34. 2.021 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 66 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 1.62 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.323 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 1.639 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.027 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 1.69 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.766 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.060 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 1.57 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.830 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.535 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.637 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.732 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.723 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.34 km S of Hope, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.617 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 2.763 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.611 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 1.74 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.67 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2551 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.023 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.59 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.11 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.19 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.84 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.729 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.82 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.514 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.524 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.07 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.622 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.824 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.67 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.620 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.53 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.537 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.16 km SSE of Beluga, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away

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