Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 12:07 PM AKST (21:07 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-02 21:07:45 UTC
Depth
33.8 km (21.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.386° N, 150.089° 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
39

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 140 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.626 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.34 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.72 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.718 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.729 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.512 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.513 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.38 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.621 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.017 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.546 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.026 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.648 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.536 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.510 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.827 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.831 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.53 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.518 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.136 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.831 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 2.932 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 3.019 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  27. 1.720 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 2.127 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.024 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.35 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.716 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.75 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.942 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 1.917 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 3.58 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 11
  38. 1.55 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.221 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 1.68 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.220 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.725 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.819 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 1.50 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 1.930 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 1.611 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 3.210 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 33
  51. 3.712 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 106
  52. 1.510 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.522 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.810 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.350 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.56 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 2.129 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.520 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.823 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.66 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.624 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.63 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.714 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.65 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.034 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.68 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.727 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.08 km E of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.67 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.915 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.221 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.537 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.54 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.824 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.51 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.737 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.82 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away

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