M1.8 earthquake 17 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska on Fri, Aug 19, 2022, 3:53 AM AKDT (11:53 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 8 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-19 11:53:22 UTC
- Depth
- 59.9 km (37.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.409° N, 150.688° 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
- 62
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 139 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.623 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 1505 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1505 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.018 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.446 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.27 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.617 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.549 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.823 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.321 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.737 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.571 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 114 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.538 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.526 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 59 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.516 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 149
- 2.69 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
- 1.825 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1498 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.37 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.225 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1496 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.215 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 1.70 km SSE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 51 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1494 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.92 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.527 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 1.853 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 1.618 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.912 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.931 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.924 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.727 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 103 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.829 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.58 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.25 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.54 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 1507 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.38 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 17
- 3.611 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 79
- 1.527 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
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