M1.5 earthquake 15 km NE of Sterling, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Sterling, Alaska on Sun, Nov 6, 2022, 1:41 AM AKDT (09:41 UTC), 43 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 10 km W of Point MacKenzie, 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
- 2022-11-06 09:41:55 UTC
- Depth
- 42.6 km (26.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.615° N, 150.539° 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 156 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.030 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.515 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.516 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.846 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 3.214 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 147
- 2.25 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 57 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.619 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.820 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.843 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.913 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1424 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.620 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.03 km N of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.512 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.325 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.923 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.056 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.831 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.122 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.720 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.91 km SSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.520 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.725 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.321 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.921 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.113 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 1.615 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.89 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.949 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1420 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.039 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.541 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.730 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.58 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.532 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.716 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.420 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.938 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.715 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.533 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.08 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.812 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.619 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
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