Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 11:04 PM AKST (08:04 UTC), 41 km (26 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-16 08:04:17 UTC
Depth
41.3 km (25.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.360° N, 150.061° 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
30

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. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.37 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.830 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.47 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.513 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.65 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 1.533 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.32 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.64 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.95 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 43 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.12 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.75 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.56 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.75 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 1.941 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.16 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 47 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 1.59 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2813 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.08 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 1.64 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 61 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 1.511 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.53 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.26 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 1.517 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.05 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2812 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 1.512 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2811 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 1.713 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 2.28 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 1.521 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 1.76 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 2.28 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 1.521 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 43 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 1.98 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 1.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2810 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.55 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.57 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.28 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 1.86 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.33 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.97 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.85 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.816 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.148 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.82 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.97 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.33 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.52 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 1.610 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away

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