M2.1 earthquake 8 km SW of Knik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Knik, Alaska on Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 4:23 AM AKDT (12:23 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-16 12:23:51 UTC
- Depth
- 40.7 km (25.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.415° N, 149.854° 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
- 78
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 178 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.66 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.06 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.17 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.717 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.08 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.937 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.726 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.615 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.93 km W of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.619 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.120 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.512 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.824 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.610 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.39 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.622 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.515 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.529 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.01 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.422 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.918 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.57 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.35 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.624 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.532 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.47 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 44 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 30
- 2.527 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.015 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.046 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.65 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.544 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.520 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.625 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.76 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 250 · tsunami flag
- 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.610 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2717 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.815 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
- 1.920 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.86 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.77 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.534 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.922 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.127 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.62 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 41 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 3.21 km ENE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 41
- 1.73 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 36
- 1.96 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.05 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
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