Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km W of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km W of Sterling, Alaska on Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 2:38 PM AKST (23:38 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-27 23:38:28 UTC
Depth
60.8 km (37.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.540° N, 150.921° 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
36

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.537 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.633 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.56 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.74 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.747 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.026 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.653 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.521 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.83 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.026 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.733 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.012 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.838 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.016 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.87 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.18 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.69 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.532 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.78 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.932 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2767 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.929 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.611 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.711 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.122 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.955 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.774 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 130 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.320 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.87 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 2.424 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.923 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.627 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.52 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.944 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.320 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.817 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.633 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 1.738 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 1.736 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.613 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 2.011 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  49. 1.622 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.723 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.618 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.09 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.17 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.516 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.851 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.235 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.718 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.165 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.519 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.353 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.860 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.520 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.823 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.112 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.866 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.733 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.522 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.37 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.617 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.520 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 1.721 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.767 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.931 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.57 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.76 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away

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