M5.1 earthquake 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Nov 14, 1979, 1:00 PM GMT-10 (23:00 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-11-14 23:00:42 UTC
- Depth
- 57.0 km (35.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.381° N, 150.094° 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
- 117
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.413 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 17110 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.322 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 17108 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.436 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 17098 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.019 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 17082 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.926 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 17079 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.51 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 17074 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.141 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 17072 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.234 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 17070 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.230 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 17055 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000140w (also filed as iscgem655662). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC.