Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 7 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 7:12 PM AKST (04:12 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-03 04:12:33 UTC
Depth
33.6 km (20.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.370° N, 150.115° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
88

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. 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.736 km N of Whittier, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.613 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
  4. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.68 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 51
  9. 1.83 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.23 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.84 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.53 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2826 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.19 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.815 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.72 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 1.93 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 41 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 1.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.510 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.14 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.38 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 1.63 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 1.58 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.55 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2824 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 1.94 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.311 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.75 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2824 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 3.23 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 21
  40. 1.79 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 1.98 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 1.88 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 51 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 1.77 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 1.76 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.626 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 1.751 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 2.38 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 1.52 km W of Wasilla, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.63 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.56 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 6
  56. 2.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 1.51 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 1.86 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 1.823 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.516 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 3.213 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 142
  5. 2.57 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.63 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  11. 1.92 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 4.26 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 294
  17. 1.714 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.74 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 1.68 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away

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