Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 4:12 PM AKST (01:12 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-01 01:12:30 UTC
Depth
38.3 km (23.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.394° N, 150.019° 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
37

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. 1.833 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.71 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 5.07 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1,073 · tsunami flag
  4. 1.832 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.72 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.17 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.77 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.09 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.94 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.94 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.910 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.710 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.710 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.57 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.72 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 21
  19. 1.76 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 1.89 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.11 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 2.18 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.03 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 1.83 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.97 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 15
  28. 1.88 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 1.714 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.614 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 1.513 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 2.56 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.56 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 1.58 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 3.11 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 12
  40. 3.02 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 1.935 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.68 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 51 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 1.74 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.714 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 4.26 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 294
  48. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  51. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 1.92 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 2.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
  54. 1.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 1.63 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.57 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  59. 3.213 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 142
  60. 2.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.521 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.97 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.23 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 23
  4. 2.01 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.52 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.818 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.66 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.92 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.66 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.61 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.12 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 16
  15. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.77 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.58 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.74 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 29
  20. 2.95 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6

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