Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 31 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska on Tue, Jan 1, 2019, 1:20 AM AKST (10:20 UTC), 35 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 23 km NNE of Willow, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-01 10:20:28 UTC
Depth
34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.074° N, 148.410° W
Region
Alaska
Strongest shaking
I, not felt shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
I, not felt shaking
Peak ground acceleration
259.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.0 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
34

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 144 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.941 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.722 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.63 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.613 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 8
  7. 3.510 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.953 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.822 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.848 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.311 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.75 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.52 km W of Wasilla, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.63 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.60 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.65 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.163 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.08 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.57 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.92 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  22. 1.927 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.1Southern Alaska · 2821 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.227 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  25. 1.645 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.73 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.63 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.724 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.623 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.515 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 1.57 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.62 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 1.844 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 1.55 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.545 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 2.447 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 1.518 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 1.834 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.56 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.16 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.517 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2812 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.512 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.713 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.924 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.521 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2810 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.617 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 1.53 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.522 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.62 km E of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.96 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.37 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.72 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.94 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.86 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.95 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 3.553 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of 171.

Before

  1. 2.77 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  2. 1.521 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.818 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.648 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.739 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.235 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.521 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.78 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.26 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.646 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.52 km SSE of Wasilla, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.123 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.922 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.640 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.84 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.915 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.344 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 3.65 km E of Knik, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 59
  19. 1.617 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.93 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0191tm129. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:31 AM UTC.