Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 10 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 3:31 PM AKST (00:31 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 5 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-18 00:31:00 UTC
Depth
35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.274° N, 150.056° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 1.519 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.93 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.93 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.86 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.710 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.08 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.532 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.45 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 784 · tsunami flag
  11. 2.17 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 1.78 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.85 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.56 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.421 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.536 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 3.315 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 44
  20. 2.014 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.539 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.08 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.05 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
  25. 1.610 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.98 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 1.64 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.57 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 2.14 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 2.24 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.23 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.320 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2778 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.216 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 1.66 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 1.52 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 1.73 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.07 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 1.77 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 2.15 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 3.03 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 21
  50. 1.611 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 2.03 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 1.726 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 3.06 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 9
  55. 1.510 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 1.617 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.114 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.045 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 250 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.82 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.73 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  5. 1.519 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.67 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.42 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.812 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.97 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.032 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.59 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.07 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 24
  17. 2.37 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.17 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019291ikap. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC.