Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 5 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 11:58 PM AKST (08:58 UTC), 46 km (29 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-28 08:58:38 UTC
Depth
46.4 km (28.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.401° N, 150.029° 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
53

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 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.56 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.322 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.74 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.65 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.554 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.01 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 46 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.62 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 41 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 40
  12. 1.74 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.842 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.54 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.328 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.026 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.612 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.910 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.85 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 1.53 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.915 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.94 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.14 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 2.818 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 11
  26. 1.84 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.13 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.214 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 1.83 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 1.713 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.023 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.026 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.87 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 52 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 1.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 1.82 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 31 km deep · 0 km away
  38. 2.19 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.17 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.54 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.54 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 1.75 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.227 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.016 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 2.21 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.033 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 1.69 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 1.81 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 1.78 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 1.628 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.517 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 2.44 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.612 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.01 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 55 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.74 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.76 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.537 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.34 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.710 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.812 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.17 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.85 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.33 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.96 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.15 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2772 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.48 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.616 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.76 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 52 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1

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