Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 10:34 PM AKDT (06:34 UTC), 36 km (23 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
2019-03-14 06:34:56 UTC
Depth
36.4 km (22.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.403° N, 149.920° 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
32

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. 2.415 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.52 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.97 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.09 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.713 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.74 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 47 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.57 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.17 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.516 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.28 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 43 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.718 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.926 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.65 km NNE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.38 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.923 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 1.76 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 1.833 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.87 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.619 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 3.12 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 18
  26. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.02 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.06 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.337 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.86 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 1.712 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 1.56 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 3.18 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 33
  37. 2.02 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.13 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 1.99 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.36 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 1.825 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.93 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 1.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.720 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.72 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  49. 3.751 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  50. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.530 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 1.513 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 2.127 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.128 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.523 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.612 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.837 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 1.911 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.956 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.93 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.61 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 48 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.86 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.650 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.723 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.95 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.05 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.61 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.722 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2758 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.622 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.13 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 6
  18. 1.937 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.621 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.67 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away

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