Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 37 km NW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 37 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Sat, Jan 26, 2019, 10:28 AM AKST (19:28 UTC), 69 km (43 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, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-26 19:28:38 UTC
Depth
68.7 km (42.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.394° N, 151.550° 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
36

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. 1.95 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.55 km E of Anchorage, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.82 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  4. 1.99 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.028 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.914 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.03 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.59 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.540 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.85 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.34 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.85 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.57 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.79 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.28 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.63 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.831 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.916 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.67 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.59 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2805 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.45 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.3Central Alaska · 2804 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.55 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.95 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.526 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.510 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.514 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.43 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.78 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.50 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.84 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.712 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 3.45 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 35
  42. 1.867 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.76 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 1.910 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 2.76 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.79 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.710 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.58 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.87 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.79 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.73 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.962 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 2.429 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 1.83 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.23 km NNE of Knik, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  59. 1.825 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 71 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.77 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.55 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.96 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.624 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.71 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.64 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.916 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.99 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.76 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.03 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.04 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.737 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 78 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.09 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.87 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.625 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.514 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.04 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01917bgcbs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.