Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 6:20 AM AKST (15:20 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km W of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-14 15:20:40 UTC
Depth
39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.387° N, 149.911° 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
80

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 1.64 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 50 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.533 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.86 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 49 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.77 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 142
  8. 1.76 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.24 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.62 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.527 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.99 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.99 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.610 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.52 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2814 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.33 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.97 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 1.82 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.816 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.85 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 1.97 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 2.33 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.86 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.28 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 1.57 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  31. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 1.55 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 52 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 1.64 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.37 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.830 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.47 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.513 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.65 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 2.32 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 1.64 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 1.95 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 2.12 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 1.75 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 1.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 2.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.56 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 1.75 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 1.941 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.16 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 1.59 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.54 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.616 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.69 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.93 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.99 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 1.95 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.06 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.98 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.66 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.29 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 3.03 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 15
  15. 2.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.57 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.98 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 1.515 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.71 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.710 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019nekqf2 (also filed as us2000j3rq). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.