M1.5 earthquake 13 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska on Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 2:17 PM AKST (23:17 UTC), 52 km (32 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
- 2019-12-03 23:17:13 UTC
- Depth
- 52.2 km (32.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.584° N, 150.529° 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
- 34
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 129 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.721 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.953 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.75 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.831 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.67 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.019 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 1.720 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.024 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.35 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.417 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.221 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.220 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.819 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.615 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.210 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 33
- 2.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.810 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.857 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.530 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.136 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.927 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.115 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 226 · tsunami flag
- 1.69 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.153 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 87 · tsunami flag
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 3.24 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 23
- 1.87 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.821 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2478 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.512 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.651 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.718 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.731 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.624 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.616 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.816 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.714 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.034 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
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