Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 8:12 PM AKST (05:12 UTC), 67 km (42 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-13 05:12:42 UTC
Depth
67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.388° N, 151.041° 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
67

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. 1.57 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.72 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.52 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.823 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 56 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.78 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 5.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2,525 · tsunami flag
  10. 2.78 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.18 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.77 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.89 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.98 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.34 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
  16. 1.837 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.77 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.710 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.71 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.515 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.98 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.03 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 15
  24. 2.29 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.66 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 1.840 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.98 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.06 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.95 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.28 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.99 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 1.93 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 1.69 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.616 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.54 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.54 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.64 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.533 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.86 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 3.77 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 142
  47. 1.76 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.24 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 1.62 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.527 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 1.99 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.99 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 1.610 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 1.52 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2814 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 2.33 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.97 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.82 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.724 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.63 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.67 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.6Southern Alaska · 2816 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 26
  6. 1.54 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.75 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2817 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.72 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.82 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.73 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.67 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.724 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.56 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.95 km S of Big Lake, AK · 2817 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.82 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.67 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.59 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7

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