Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 12 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska on Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 1:48 AM AKDT (09:48 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 20 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-03-22 09:48:54 UTC
Depth
17.3 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.642° N, 150.707° 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
42

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.837 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.911 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.75 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.66 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.318 km SE of Primrose, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.72 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.31 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.612 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.513 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.519 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.752 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.04 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.559 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.525 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.69 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.98 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.58 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.73 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.59 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 3.33 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 86
  28. 2.18 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.98 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 3.015 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.511 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.76 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  34. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 3.35 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 11
  37. 3.33 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 13
  38. 2.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.643 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.67 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.84 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.610 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 1.84 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.64 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.96 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.921 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.947 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.66 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.718 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 1.627 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.28 km SW of Big Lake, AK · 2741 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 1.620 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.25 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.524 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.77 km W of Sterling, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.014 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.719 km W of Nikiski, AK · 2750 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.127 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.513 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.834 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.612 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.720 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.537 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.720 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.04 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.36 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.99 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0193q46ext. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.