Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, Mar 7, 2019, 7:39 PM AKST (04:39 UTC), 41 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-08 04:39:29 UTC
Depth
41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.399° N, 150.055° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.910 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.320 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.526 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.87 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.515 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
  8. 2.424 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.63 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 1.627 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.611 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.616 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.516 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 39 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  17. 1.64 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.52 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.142 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.817 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 1.811 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.61 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.06 km SSE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 1.625 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.65 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.06 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 48 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 40 km deep · 0 km away
  30. 1.633 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.56 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 1.522 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 1.613 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 51 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 1.55 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 43 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 1.516 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.83 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 52 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 1.69 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.67 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 1.621 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.937 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.13 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.622 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2758 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 1.722 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 43 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.61 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.05 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 42 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 1.95 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 1.723 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 1.650 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.86 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.022 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 43 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.74 km W of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
  4. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.711 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.62 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.02 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.816 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.26 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 62
  12. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.01 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 55 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.612 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.44 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 44 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.517 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.628 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away

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