Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 3 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 12:11 AM AKST (09:11 UTC), 42 km (26 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-30 09:11:51 UTC
Depth
41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.344° N, 150.039° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
50

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. 2.429 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.83 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.23 km NNE of Knik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.314 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.825 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.832 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.77 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.711 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 3.623 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 39
  12. 1.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 47 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.87 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 7
  14. 1.67 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2797 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2797 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.62 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.036 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.112 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
  21. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.77 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 1.815 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 1.95 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 1.86 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.06 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.76 km S of Knik, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 9
  31. 1.913 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 48 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.016 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.614 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 2.58 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  39. 1.610 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.54 km SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 2.27 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 3.226 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 6
  43. 1.64 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 1.96 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 2.82 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 2.85 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 24
  48. 2.46 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.16 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 1.712 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 2.66 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.84 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2793 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.79 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.87 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.58 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.526 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.710 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.79 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.76 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 47 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.910 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.76 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 51 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 1.513 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 3.45 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 35
  14. 2.712 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 1.84 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.50 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.622 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.78 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.43 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0191drjs24. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC.