Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 8 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 3:16 AM AKST (12:16 UTC), 43 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-20 12:16:37 UTC
Depth
42.5 km (26.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.423° N, 150.070° 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
50

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. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2808 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.61 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.617 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.46 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.628 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.88 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.53 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 1.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 1.714 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 1.910 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 1.64 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 45 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.522 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.62 km E of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 1.530 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.626 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 1.620 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.96 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.96 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.717 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 2.38 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2806 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 4.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1,119 · tsunami flag
  47. 2.314 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.714 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 1.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  53. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.11 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  56. 3.214 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 10
  57. 1.615 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 2.72 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.94 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 1.68 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.521 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.28 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.76 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.521 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.28 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.713 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2809 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.512 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2810 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.05 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.517 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.26 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.53 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 1.511 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019x9znfp. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.