Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 11:43 PM AKST (08:43 UTC), 39 km (24 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-05 08:43:39 UTC
Depth
38.9 km (24.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.405° N, 150.054° 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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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
42

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. 1.948 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.76 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.84 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.823 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.17 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.75 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 41 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.62 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.36 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.16 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 34 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 45 · tsunami flag
  14. 3.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 15
  15. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.97 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.58 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.78 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 1.87 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.717 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.75 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 51 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.821 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.56 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 49 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.036 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 2.11 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.67 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.7Central Alaska · 2796 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.06 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 52 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 2.220 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.54 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.96 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 46 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 1.729 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 1.720 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.517 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 1.939 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.75 km N of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.64 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 1.99 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.25 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.27 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 1.631 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.86 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.16 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.918 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.85 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 3.038 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.04 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 1.73 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.714 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.94 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.48 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.06 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 99
  6. 2.334 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.15 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 1.92 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.524 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.87 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.16 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.53 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.95 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 52 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.96 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 27
  16. 1.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2800 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away

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