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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Fishhook, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Fishhook in the 24 hours to 6:46 am AKST (15:46 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 118 km (73 mi) E, at 11:11 am AKDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 54 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fishhook

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) north-northeast of Fishhook, AK, at 7:36 am AKST on 12 February 2019 (16:36 UTC), 6.7 km deep.

USGS: 39 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

7:36 am AKST, Feb 12, 2019 · · 6.7 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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When
7:36 am AKST on 12 February 2019 ()
Where
44 km (27 mi) north-northeast of Fishhook, AK · earthquakes near Fishhook
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 33 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2814 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Fishhook, 44 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2018-02-28 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 23 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 47 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 37 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 24 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 14 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 30 km SSW of this epicentre
  4. 5.3 55 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 46 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 21 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 41 km WSW of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 62.1176, -148.9487. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 33 km (21 mi) WNW earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Anchorage Municipality, AK 106 km (66 mi) S earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.0 26 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  2. 2.3 16 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska
  3. 1.6 14 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska
  4. 1.6 10 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  5. 1.5 32 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska
  6. 1.5 50 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska
  7. 1.7 26 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska
  8. 1.9 42 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
  9. 2.2 71 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska
  10. 1.6 19 km E of Susitna North, Alaska
  11. 2.0 34 km E of Chase, Alaska
  12. 2.7 30 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
  13. 2.7 27 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska
  14. 2.5 14 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  15. 2.0 47 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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