Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 9 km NW of Tolsona, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Tolsona, Alaska on Wed, Apr 17, 2019, 2:29 PM AKDT (22:29 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 36 km NW of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-04-17 22:29:17 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.142° N, 146.208° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.036 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.452 km N of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.628 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.744 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.937 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2708 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.316 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.213 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.121 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.949 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.738 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.843 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.718 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.551 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.146 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.635 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.330 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.246 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.533 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.817 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 1.823 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.52 km SW of Glennallen, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.444 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.226 km SSW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.538 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.148 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 1.613 km SSW of Tolsona, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.533 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.48 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.240 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.819 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.836 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.514 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.741 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.624 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.614 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.548 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.826 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.744 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.433 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.936 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.67 km N of Glennallen, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.946 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.515 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.551 km SW of Paxson, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 250 km deep · 64 km away

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