Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 32 km N of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 32 km N of Fishhook, Alaska on Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 1:53 PM AKST (22:53 UTC), 37 km (23 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, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-30 22:53:37 UTC
Depth
37.2 km (23.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.038° N, 149.256° 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
59

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. 2.335 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.77 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.248 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.711 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.921 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.623 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 39
  9. 1.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.87 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  11. 1.67 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2800 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2800 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.62 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.038 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.112 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.77 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.815 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.95 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.86 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.425 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.06 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.76 km S of Knik, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
  29. 1.913 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.614 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 2.58 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.610 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 1.54 km SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.27 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 3.226 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  40. 1.64 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 1.96 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.82 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 2.85 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 24
  45. 2.46 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.16 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.712 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 2.66 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.84 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2797 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  57. 1.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.96 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 27
  59. 1.95 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.53 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.314 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.23 km NNE of Knik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
  3. 1.83 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.429 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.73 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.715 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.79 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.87 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.526 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.79 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.76 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.062 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.910 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.76 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 3.45 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 35
  18. 2.712 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.84 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.50 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away

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