Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 30 km SW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 30 km SW of Salcha, Alaska on Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 9:00 AM AKDT (17:00 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 32 km E of Anderson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-31 17:00:17 UTC
Depth
1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.359° N, 147.413° 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
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.885 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.685 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.06 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.933 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.789 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.86 km E of Badger, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.572 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.367 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.52 km ESE of North Pole, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.735 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.652 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 3.132 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.577 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.17 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.541 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.015 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.686 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.844 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.562 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.65 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.647 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.776 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.57 km WNW of Four Mile Road, AK · 2547 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.631 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.584 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 1.515 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.711 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.519 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 1.514 km W of Salcha, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.36 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.674 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.778 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.5northern Alaska · 2590 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.182 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.615 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.918 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.617 km S of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.515 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.882 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.173 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.765 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.966 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.584 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.487 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.939 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.842 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.945 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.761 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away

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