M1.5 earthquake 8 km N of Point Possession, AK
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km N of Point Possession, AK on Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 3:17 AM AKST (12:17 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km SSE of Susitna, 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
- 2019-11-27 12:17:42 UTC
- Depth
- 40.4 km (25.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.996° N, 150.666° 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 167 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.63 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.75 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.90 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.15 km NNE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.08 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.939 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2496 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.630 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.51 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.168 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.526 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.824 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.822 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.537 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.915 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 1.612 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.67 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.08 km E of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.727 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.034 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.714 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.616 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.624 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.718 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.651 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.512 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.721 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.38 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.026 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.953 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.648 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.831 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.81 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.128 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.740 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.815 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.539 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.036 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.03 km S of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2503 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 267 · tsunami flag
- 1.614 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
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