Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 4 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska on Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 1:07 AM AKST (10:07 UTC), 49 km (30 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-29 10:07:51 UTC
Depth
49.0 km (30.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.553° N, 149.904° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
35

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. 2.712 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 3.45 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 35
  3. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.76 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.910 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.76 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 1.79 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.710 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.526 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.58 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.87 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 1.79 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.715 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.73 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.429 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.83 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.23 km NNE of Knik, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.314 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.825 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.832 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.335 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.77 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 1.711 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 3.623 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 39
  28. 1.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.87 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 7
  30. 1.67 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2798 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2798 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.62 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 2.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.036 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 2.112 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 48 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 1.77 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 1.815 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.95 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 1.86 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.06 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.76 km S of Knik, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 9
  47. 1.913 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 2.016 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.614 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.58 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.610 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 1.54 km SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 2.27 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 3.226 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  59. 1.64 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 1.96 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.50 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.622 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.78 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.43 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.514 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.510 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.95 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.55 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.610 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.45 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2801 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.59 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.67 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 1.916 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.831 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away

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