Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 3 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, May 5, 2019, 9:58 PM AKDT (05:58 UTC), 32 km (20 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-05-06 05:58:47 UTC
Depth
32.3 km (20.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.329° N, 149.949° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 163 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.111 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.67 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.011 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.57 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.69 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.626 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.847 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.612 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.01 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.36 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.541 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.85 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  13. 3.75 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 41
  14. 1.85 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.93 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.81 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  18. 1.622 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2702 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.712 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.917 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.917 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.37 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 1.65 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2701 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.818 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 3.15 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.313 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.01 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 3.22 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 36
  33. 1.76 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.35 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.76 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2700 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 1.627 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.95 km ENE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.810 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 1.922 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.827 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.316 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.15 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.921 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  53. 1.92 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 1.717 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 2.026 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.134 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 1.520 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.915 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.78 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 9

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 2.05 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.824 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.03 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.919 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.537 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.06 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.87 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.60 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.924 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.310 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.912 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.57 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.84 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.614 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.825 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.75 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 6

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