Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 11 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska on Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 5:56 AM AKST (14:56 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-05 14:56:24 UTC
Depth
38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.802° N, 149.405° 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
68

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.75 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2824 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.23 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 21
  5. 1.79 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.98 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.88 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.77 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.76 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.38 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.52 km W of Wasilla, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.63 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.56 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.51 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.86 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.823 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.68 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2822 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.63 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.82 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 10
  32. 1.72 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.718 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.13 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 1.51 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 1.88 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 1.63 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.04 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.95 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 1.58 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 1.81 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.87 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 2.09 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2821 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 9
  55. 1.60 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 1.64 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.68 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 1.65 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.94 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2824 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.55 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.822 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.58 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.63 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.38 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.14 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.510 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.93 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.72 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.815 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.19 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away

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