Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 5:17 PM AKST (02:17 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km E of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-21 02:17:07 UTC
Depth
40.2 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.391° N, 150.067° 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
43

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.52 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.73 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.07 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.77 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.15 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.628 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.03 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 21
  11. 1.611 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.628 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 40 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.03 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.726 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 3.06 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 9
  17. 1.510 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.617 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.114 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 2.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 7
  23. 2.13 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.55 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 1.76 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.57 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 1.85 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 1.51 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 1.931 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 2.110 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2779 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 2.33 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 1.721 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.910 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 40 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 1.740 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.526 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 1.520 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.77 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 3.15 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 8
  44. 1.625 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.915 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 1.67 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.76 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 2.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  49. 1.832 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 1.925 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 1.617 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.615 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.84 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 1.86 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 40 km deep · 1 km away
  58. 3.04 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  59. 2.25 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 2.06 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 2.216 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2782 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.320 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.23 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 51 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 45 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.24 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.14 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.57 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.64 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.98 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 44 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.610 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.05 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.08 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.539 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.014 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away

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