Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 5 km E of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km E of Willow, Alaska on Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 5:40 PM AKST (02:40 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km E of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-23 02:40:11 UTC
Depth
43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.756° N, 149.939° 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
45

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.76 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.57 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.85 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.51 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.931 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.110 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2776 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.33 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.721 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.910 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.740 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.638 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.526 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.77 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 3.15 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 8
  20. 1.625 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.915 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.231 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.67 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.76 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  26. 1.832 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 1.925 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.617 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.615 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 1.84 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.86 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 3.04 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
  36. 2.25 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 2.06 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.331 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.015 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.76 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 52 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.616 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.48 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2773 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.15 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 1.96 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.33 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 1.85 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 1.841 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 2.17 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 43 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.812 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 1.710 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 2.34 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 1.76 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.74 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.75 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.13 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.114 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.510 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.06 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 9
  8. 1.726 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.03 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.628 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.611 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.03 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 21
  14. 1.628 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.632 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.15 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.77 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.512 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.07 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.34 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away

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