Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 8 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:07 PM AKDT (22:07 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 18 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-05-22 22:07:44 UTC
Depth
37.1 km (23.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.401° N, 150.105° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 177 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.013 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.932 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.424 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.13 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.822 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.91 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.923 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.96 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 1.516 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.17 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.833 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.611 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.12 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.315 km ESE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2683 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 1.64 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 1.58 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 1.610 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 1.524 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 1.97 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 1.68 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.732 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.612 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 1.88 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 1.98 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 1.65 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.57 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.224 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.623 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.62 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.810 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.06 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 1.812 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 1.713 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 1.79 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.19 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.343 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.919 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.716 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 2.16 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 56 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 1.55 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 1.78 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.61 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 1.521 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.739 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.17 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  57. 2.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.913 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.92 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 1.67 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

  1. 1.926 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.521 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.217 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.614 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.522 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.67 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 6
  8. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.99 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.55 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.65 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.64 km E of Knik, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 158
  16. 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 44 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.517 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.347 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.734 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0196j7gesy. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.