Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, May 5, 2019, 5:00 PM AKDT (01:00 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-06 01:00:30 UTC
Depth
39.2 km (24.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.391° N, 150.048° 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
33

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 161 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.03 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.824 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.05 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.63 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.527 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.111 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.67 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.011 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.57 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.69 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.06 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.626 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.847 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.612 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.01 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.36 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 50 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.541 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.85 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
  20. 3.75 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 41
  21. 1.85 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.93 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.81 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  25. 1.622 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2707 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.712 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.917 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 1.917 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 2.37 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 1.65 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 1.818 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 3.15 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.313 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.01 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 3.22 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 36
  39. 1.76 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.35 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 1.76 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2705 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 1.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 38 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 1.627 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.95 km ENE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.810 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.922 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.827 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.316 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.15 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 2.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.921 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  59. 1.92 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.717 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.919 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.537 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.06 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.87 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.60 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.924 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.310 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.912 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.57 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.84 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.614 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.75 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
  16. 1.633 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.416 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.813 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.07 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.527 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away

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