Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 2 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 4:54 PM AKDT (00:54 UTC), 42 km (26 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-18 00:54:20 UTC
Depth
41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.342° N, 150.007° 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
63

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. 2.06 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.337 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.78 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.86 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.712 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.56 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 3.18 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 33
  10. 2.02 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.13 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.99 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.36 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.825 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.93 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 1.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.720 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.72 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  22. 1.537 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 3.751 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  24. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 1.612 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.530 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 1.513 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 2.127 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.548 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.128 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.523 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 1.612 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.837 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 1.911 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 1.75 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.734 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.72 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.5Southern Alaska · 2749 days ago · 55 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.31 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 50 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.612 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.04 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 4.14 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 242 · tsunami flag
  48. 1.58 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.744 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 1.725 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 1.98 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 1.73 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 1.61 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
  58. 1.59 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 3.33 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 86
  60. 2.18 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.12 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 18
  4. 1.619 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.87 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.833 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.76 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.923 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.38 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.65 km NNE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.926 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.718 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.28 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.516 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0193jcpc8k. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.