Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, May 17, 2019, 1:35 PM AKDT (21:35 UTC), 72 km (45 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-05-17 21:35:35 UTC
Depth
71.7 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.031° N, 151.422° 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
40

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 188 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.248 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.837 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.94 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.14 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 331 · tsunami flag
  6. 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 68 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.347 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.555 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.55 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.441 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.012 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.751 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.67 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  18. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.614 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.217 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.521 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.926 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 3.018 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.424 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 2.13 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.560 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 1.559 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.822 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 1.91 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.923 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.96 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.337 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.611 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.843 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.625 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.64 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.58 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.610 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.610 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.524 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.97 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.68 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 1.732 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.612 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.88 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 1.98 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.65 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.637 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 1.57 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 2.623 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.25 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.034 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2693 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.66 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 55 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.729 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.78 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
  11. 1.520 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.047 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.134 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.717 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.92 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.317 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.921 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 104 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0196axc869. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.