Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 13 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska on Tue, Jan 1, 2019, 8:28 PM AKST (05:28 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-02 05:28:11 UTC
Depth
52.1 km (32.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.206° N, 150.874° 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
30

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. 2.56 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.56 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.58 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.11 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 12
  9. 3.02 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.935 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.68 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.74 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.714 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.26 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 294
  17. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.92 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  23. 1.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.63 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 2.57 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.213 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 142
  29. 2.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  31. 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.47 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.68 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.750 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.524 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  42. 3.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 51
  43. 1.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.23 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.84 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2826 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.19 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.815 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 1.72 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 1.93 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.510 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.614 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.714 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 58 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.88 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.240 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.97 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 15
  6. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.83 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.03 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.18 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.11 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.89 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.76 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 3.72 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 21
  15. 2.57 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.710 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.710 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.910 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.94 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away

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