Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 16 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska on Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 4:44 AM AKST (13:44 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km E of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-09 13:44:29 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.783° N, 149.543° 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
52

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 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
  3. 1.64 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.647 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.52 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.7Central Alaska · 2762 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.817 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.825 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.811 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.035 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.61 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.06 km SSE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.625 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.65 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.06 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.920 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.56 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.522 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.55 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 1.632 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.022 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.516 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 1.83 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.69 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.924 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.67 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 1.621 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.937 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.13 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2758 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.722 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.524 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 1.61 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 2.05 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 1.647 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.95 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 1.86 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 2.17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.61 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.93 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.152 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.415 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.52 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.97 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.09 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.713 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.611 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.658 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.627 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.63 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.830 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.515 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
  9. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.910 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.022 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.74 km W of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  16. 1.756 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.711 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01934ojq9g. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC.