Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, May 9, 2019, 11:11 PM AKDT (07:11 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 2 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-10 07:11:45 UTC
Depth
62.0 km (38.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.111° N, 151.218° 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
37

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 191 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.652 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.35 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.76 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2700 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.220 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 27
  7. 1.97 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.627 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.810 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.922 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 70 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.945 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2698 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.56 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.15 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 2.921 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  25. 1.92 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.717 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.134 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.047 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.520 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.78 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 9
  32. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.536 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.729 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 3.65 km W of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 109
  37. 1.66 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 55 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2694 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.034 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.25 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.615 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 72 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 2.248 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.837 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 1.94 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 4.14 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 331 · tsunami flag
  49. 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.347 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 85 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 3.64 km E of Knik, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 158
  53. 1.55 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.441 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.99 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 3.012 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.751 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.22 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 36
  2. 2.01 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.313 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.15 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.818 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.954 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.65 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.37 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.917 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2702 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.622 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.81 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.93 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.668 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.85 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.75 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 41

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