Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 17 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 11:13 PM AKST (08:13 UTC), 44 km (27 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-10 08:13:02 UTC
Depth
44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.373° N, 150.299° 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
40

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. 1.811 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.06 km SSE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.65 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.06 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.633 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.56 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.522 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.738 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.613 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.55 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.516 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 1.83 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 1.69 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.67 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.621 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.937 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6
  28. 2.13 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 1.622 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2758 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 1.722 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.61 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 2.05 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 1.95 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 1.723 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.650 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.86 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 1.61 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.93 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 1.956 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 2.415 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.52 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 1.97 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 2.09 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 1.713 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.74 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 1.57 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.17 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.516 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 2.28 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 1.943 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.718 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 1.926 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 1.65 km NNE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.142 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.52 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.64 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
  6. 1.516 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.616 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.611 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.627 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.63 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.321 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.424 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.515 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
  15. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.87 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.526 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.320 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.910 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019368x7cg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:44 AM UTC.