Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 7:02 AM AKST (16:02 UTC), 45 km (28 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-21 16:02:24 UTC
Depth
44.9 km (27.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.499° N, 149.927° 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
35

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. 1.714 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.910 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.64 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.522 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.62 km E of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.626 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.620 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.96 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.96 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 54 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.717 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.38 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2806 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 4.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1,119 · tsunami flag
  24. 2.314 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.714 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
  30. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.11 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 3.214 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 10
  34. 1.615 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 2.72 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.94 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 1.68 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.914 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 1.85 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 1.86 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 3.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 137
  45. 1.58 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.49 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 2.04 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 1.85 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.014 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.06 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.413 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.62 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.95 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.71 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.813 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 1.523 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 36 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.53 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.88 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.628 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.46 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.617 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.61 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2808 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 1.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019yztpca. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.