Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 6:10 AM AKDT (14:10 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 14 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-19 14:10:48 UTC
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.410° N, 149.928° 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
33

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 1.632 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.527 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.714 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.820 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.026 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.526 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.627 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.618 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.524 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.144 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.113 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.621 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.53 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.617 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.718 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.555 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.51 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.047 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.521 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.015 km W of Willow, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 3.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 1.511 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.125 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.738 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.328 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.729 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 3.114 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.517 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.021 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 43 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.56 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 1.621 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 1.518 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.034 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.521 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.811 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.914 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.93 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 4.04 km W of Sunrise, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 148 · tsunami flag
  41. 1.621 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.75 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.713 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.828 km W of Hope, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 1.624 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.615 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.99 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.82 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.88 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 2.58 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 2.113 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.57 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.220 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.216 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.227 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 1.723 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 1.64 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 1.618 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.510 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.813 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.417 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.125 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.616 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.615 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.726 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.330 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.235 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.59 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.57 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.016 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.633 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.622 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.920 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.95 km SE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.729 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.78 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.815 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.533 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.818 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away

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