Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, May 16, 2019, 9:02 AM AKDT (17:02 UTC), 42 km (26 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-05-16 17:02:01 UTC
Depth
41.8 km (26.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.388° N, 150.081° 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 170 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.65 km W of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 109
  2. 1.66 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.624 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2693 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.25 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 37 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.427 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.615 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.248 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.734 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.94 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.14 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 331 · tsunami flag
  15. 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.734 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.347 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.517 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 44 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 3.64 km E of Knik, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 158
  21. 1.65 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.55 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.99 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 39 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 2.67 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
  29. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 1.522 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.614 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 2.217 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.521 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 1.926 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.013 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.932 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.424 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.13 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 40 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 1.822 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 1.91 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 1.923 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.96 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 1.516 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.17 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.833 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.611 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 2.12 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 2.315 km ESE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2683 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 1.64 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 1.58 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 1.610 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 1.524 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.536 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.78 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 9
  4. 1.915 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.520 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.047 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.134 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.026 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.717 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.92 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.921 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.15 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.316 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.827 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.922 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0196977zzh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.