Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 8:24 PM AKST (05:24 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-08 05:24:34 UTC
Depth
41.4 km (25.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.385° N, 150.093° 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
57

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 9
  3. 1.60 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.64 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.68 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.65 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.36 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 44 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.858 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.23 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.39 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.67 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.64 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.78 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 1.85 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.58 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.532 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.08 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 37 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.85 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 12
  25. 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.539 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.45 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 2.16 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 3.57 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 74
  30. 2.02 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.55 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.63 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, AK · 2820 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 1.69 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 1.96 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 41 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 2.06 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.87 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
  39. 1.57 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 2.25 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.16 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.17 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 41 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.740 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.08 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 4.08 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 270 · tsunami flag
  47. 2.92 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.1Southern Alaska · 2819 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.82 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.7Southern Alaska · 2819 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 8
  51. 1.64 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 1.619 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.75 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 2.42 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 2.31 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 46 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 1.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.11 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 1.55 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.09 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.87 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.81 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.58 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.95 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.04 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.63 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.88 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.51 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.13 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 1.718 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.72 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019dbf5rl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC.