M1.9 earthquake 6 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska on Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 10:38 AM AKST (19:38 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km W of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-22 19:38:42 UTC
- Depth
- 29.4 km (18.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.475° N, 148.788° 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
- 45
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
- 1.96 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.717 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2809 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1,119 · tsunami flag
- 2.314 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.714 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.11 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.214 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 10
- 1.615 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.72 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.94 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.914 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 137
- 1.58 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.49 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.04 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.014 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.413 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.62 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.71 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.553 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 1.523 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 1.72 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.616 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.97 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 1.62 km SE of Palmer, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.88 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.36 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.114 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.513 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 1.62 km E of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2809 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2810 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.53 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.628 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
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