Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 6 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 9:44 PM AKST (06:44 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 3 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-02-20 06:44:18 UTC
Depth
30.3 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.367° N, 149.854° 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
67

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.819 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.73 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.735 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.227 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.211 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.539 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.616 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.810 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.517 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.513 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.611 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.518 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.517 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.617 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.911 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.644 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.719 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.515 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.627 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.73 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.716 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 1.617 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.66 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.010 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.825 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.26 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 1.825 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.025 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.518 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.77 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.617 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.76 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.826 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 2.219 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.023 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.117 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.52 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.920 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.718 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.635 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.12 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 1.524 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.817 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.617 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.614 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 1.813 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.634 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.534 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.58 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 1.8Southern Alaska · 3128 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.923 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.613 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.716 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.034 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.827 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 2.111 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 186.

Before

  1. 2.843 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.53 km SE of Hope, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.624 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.939 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.533 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.94 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.614 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.134 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.824 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.621 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.617 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.629 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.024 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.124 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.411 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.520 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.926 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.524 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.626 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.515 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away

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