Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 10:49 AM AKST (19:49 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 66 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-05 19:49:15 UTC
Depth
88.7 km (55.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.577° N, 151.190° 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
37

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 133 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.637 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 93 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.536 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.823 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.948 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.650 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.761 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.530 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.753 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 122 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.640 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.65 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.232 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.849 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.530 km SSW of Petersville, AK · 2821 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.532 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.944 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.7Central Alaska · 2821 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.633 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.658 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.254 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 250 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.742 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 1.954 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.548 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 104 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 127 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.730 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.721 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 1.948 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.645 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.755 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.748 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.551 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 1.843 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 1.57 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.044 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.621 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 78 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 1.533 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.527 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.841 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 126 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 1.850 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 2.758 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.653 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.854 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 119 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.533 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.626 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 1.530 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 89 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 2.362 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.024 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 84 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 1.52 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 2.341 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 128 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.739 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.936 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.672 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 1.517 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.554 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.754 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.850 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.848 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.932 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.050 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.855 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.750 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.580 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 153 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.613 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
  13. 2.237 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 94 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.470 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.648 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.476 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.954 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.427 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0198laidy. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:29 AM UTC.