Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 2 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 10:18 AM AKDT (18:18 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km E of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-04-17 18:18:10 UTC
Depth
51.8 km (32.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.343° N, 150.014° 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
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.56 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.65 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.526 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.724 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.720 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.523 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.09 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.026 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.519 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.026 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.223 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.131 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.621 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.918 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.73 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.615 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.721 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.018 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.020 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  21. 3.517 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 6
  22. 1.519 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.848 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.719 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.614 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 1.62 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 1.510 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.527 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.521 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.416 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.644 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.727 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.815 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.117 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.536 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  38. 1.515 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 1.67 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 1.753 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.853 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.413 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.27 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 1.93 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3078 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.64 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.59 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 1.946 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 1.640 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.536 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.915 km N of Sunrise, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 1.721 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 3.032 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.120 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.835 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.513 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.93 km SE of Palmer, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.928 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.66 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 2.039 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.912 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.925 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.92 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.917 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.022 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.67 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.520 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 51 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.913 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.721 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.827 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.845 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.512 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.59 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.52 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.632 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.022 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.521 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away

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