Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 2 km WNW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Willow, Alaska on Sun, Sep 15, 2019, 12:52 AM AKDT (08:52 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 28 km NW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-15 08:52:48 UTC
Depth
43.1 km (26.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.755° N, 150.088° 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
66

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 119 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.525 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.416 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  4. 1.733 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.97 km W of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.94 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2571 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.616 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 5.228 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1,174 · tsunami flag
  10. 2.324 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.211 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.729 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.75 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.824 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.516 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.714 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.527 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.838 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.16 km SSE of Beluga, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.53 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.620 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.950 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.67 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 1.533 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 3.07 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.113 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 1.815 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 1.514 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.514 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.730 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.82 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.729 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 1.84 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.19 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.42 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.11 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.54 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.59 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2562 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.822 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.510 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 2.247 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.615 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 1.620 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.66 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.816 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.89 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 1.828 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 3.17 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  59. 1.67 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.15 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.35 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.754 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.130 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.846 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.734 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2574 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.611 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.623 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.96 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 11
  11. 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.029 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.511 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.26 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.318 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.03 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.74 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.815 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away

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