Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 17 km W of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km W of Anchorage, Alaska on Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 3:24 PM AKST (00:24 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km W of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-23 00:24:25 UTC
Depth
37.2 km (23.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.233° N, 150.225° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2805 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1,119 · tsunami flag
  4. 2.314 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.714 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.11 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 3.214 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 10
  14. 1.615 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.72 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.94 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.68 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.914 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.85 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 1.86 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 3.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 137
  25. 1.58 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.49 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.04 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 1.85 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.014 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.06 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 2.413 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 1.62 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 1.95 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.71 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 1.813 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.523 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  41. 1.72 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 1.616 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.823 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.97 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 6
  46. 1.62 km SE of Palmer, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2804 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.739 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.54 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 1.75 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.88 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.36 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 3.114 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.513 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.050 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 1.921 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.910 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.614 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.96 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.96 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.626 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.530 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.62 km E of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.64 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 1.910 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.528 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.714 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019121i6go. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.