Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska on Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 10:06 AM AKST (19:06 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, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-15 19:06:15 UTC
Depth
35.2 km (21.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.450° N, 149.990° 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
40

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. 1.71 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.61 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 1.54 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.17 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.512 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.37 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.07 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 24
  13. 1.59 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.032 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.97 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 48 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.812 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
  19. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.42 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 1.67 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 1.519 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.73 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
  25. 1.82 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 2.045 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 250 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 1.510 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 1.519 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 1.93 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.93 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.63 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.86 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 1.710 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.08 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 1.532 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 4.45 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 784 · tsunami flag
  40. 2.17 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 1.78 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.85 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 1.56 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 2.421 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 3.315 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 44
  48. 2.014 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.539 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.08 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.05 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
  53. 1.610 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 1.98 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 43 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 1.64 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 1.57 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.95 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 48 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.66 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.63 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.528 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.635 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.96 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.65 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.07 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.62 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.62 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.65 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 1.87 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 1.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 18
  18. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.621 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2787 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01924e2ilb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.