M1.5 earthquake 21 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 1:20 AM AKDT (09:20 UTC), 72 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 28 km NW 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-12 09:20:21 UTC
- Depth
- 71.5 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.126° N, 151.516° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.96 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 11
- 1.935 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2575 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.846 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.521 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.97 km W of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.94 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2572 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.511 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.228 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1,174 · tsunami flag
- 2.324 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.729 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.75 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.527 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Beluga, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.537 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.620 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.67 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.992 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 163 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.622 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 69 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.07 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.113 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.524 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 77 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.82 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.729 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.84 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.11 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.510 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.721 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2563 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.467 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.647 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.029 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.511 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.926 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.03 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.562 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.071 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.236 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.539 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
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