Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 22 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Sun, May 12, 2019, 8:33 AM AKDT (16:33 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Nikiski forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-12 16:33:09 UTC
Depth
69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.240° N, 151.457° 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 189 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.945 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2699 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.15 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.921 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.92 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.717 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.134 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.047 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.520 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.78 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 9
  18. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.536 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.729 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.66 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2695 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.25 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.615 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.248 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 89 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 1.94 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 4.14 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 331 · tsunami flag
  32. 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 2.347 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 1.55 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.441 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.99 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 3.012 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.751 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 94 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.67 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  45. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 1.614 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.217 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.521 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 1.926 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 3.018 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 1.932 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 2.424 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 2.13 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.560 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.559 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 1.822 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.810 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.627 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2702 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.76 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.35 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.652 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.76 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 62 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 3.22 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 36
  15. 2.01 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.313 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.15 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.818 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.954 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01962knu9g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC.