M1.7 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 10:00 PM AKST (07:00 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km W of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-19 07:00:14 UTC
- Depth
- 35.1 km (21.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.697° N, 149.879° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 62
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
- 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.512 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2814 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.713 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.28 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.28 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2813 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.61 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.628 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.53 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2812 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2811 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.62 km E of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.626 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
- 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.620 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.37 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.96 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 54 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.717 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2810 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1,119 · tsunami flag
- 2.314 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.05 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.517 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.26 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.53 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.08 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.941 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.56 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
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