M1.6 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 6:46 AM AKST (15:46 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-18 15:46:15 UTC
- Depth
- 97.7 km (60.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.086° N, 152.622° 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
- 28
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.136 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.046 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 165 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 150 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.955 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 154 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.618 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.026 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 85 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.451 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 101 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.212 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.03 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.677 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 133 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 71 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 131 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.843 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 133 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 138 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.946 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 120 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.113 km S of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 156 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 88 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, AK · 2475 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.821 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.151 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 90 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.568 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.651 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.867 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2474 days ago · 112 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, AK · 2474 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 109 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.820 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 125 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.275 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.932 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.040 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.870 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.979 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 85 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 94 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 92 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 126 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.564 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 4.153 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 104 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 87 · tsunami flag
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.248 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.059 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.927 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 135 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 151 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
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