M1.7 earthquake 6 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, Jan 1, 2019, 8:07 AM AKST (17:07 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-01 17:07:15 UTC
- Depth
- 38.2 km (23.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.402° N, 150.061° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Strongest shaking
- I, not felt shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- I, not felt shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 376.0% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.0 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

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
- 25
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.57 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 3.72 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 21
- 1.76 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.11 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.18 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.83 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.97 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 15
- 2.240 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.88 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.714 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.614 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.58 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.11 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 12
- 3.02 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.74 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.26 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 294
- 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.92 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 1.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 3.213 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 142
- 2.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
- 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.47 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.736 km N of Whittier, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.613 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 8
- 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 3.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 51
- 1.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.710 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.94 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.94 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.09 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.77 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
- 2.17 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.832 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.07 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1,073 · tsunami flag
- 1.71 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.833 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.521 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.97 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.23 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 23
- 2.01 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
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