Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 11 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 6:40 PM AKST (03:40 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 5 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-26 03:40:54 UTC
Depth
64.8 km (40.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.992° N, 151.269° 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
25

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. 1.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.09 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.737 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.04 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.03 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.76 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  9. 1.916 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.64 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.825 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.71 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.96 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.55 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.537 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.95 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.55 km E of Anchorage, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.82 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  20. 1.99 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.028 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.914 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.03 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.59 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.540 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.85 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.34 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.85 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.57 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.79 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 1.512 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.63 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.916 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.67 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.59 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2800 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.45 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.55 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 1.95 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.526 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 1.510 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 1.514 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.43 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.78 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.947 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 1.50 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.84 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.712 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 3.45 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 35
  57. 1.513 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 1.867 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.76 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.515 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.87 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.514 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.04 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.13 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.512 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.914 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.83 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.75 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.910 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.921 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.050 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.513 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 3.114 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.36 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01917200ev. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC.