Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 14 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 7:11 AM AKST (16:11 UTC), 68 km (42 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-21 16:11:45 UTC
Depth
67.6 km (42.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.985° N, 151.353° 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
57

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. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.528 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 78 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.910 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.64 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.964 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.856 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.640 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 86 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.530 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.626 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.425 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.655 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.96 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.614 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.717 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.38 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 4.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1,119 · tsunami flag
  28. 2.314 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.714 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.616 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.11 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 3.214 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10
  39. 1.615 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.68 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.914 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.85 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 3.89 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 137
  47. 1.58 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.49 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.04 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.85 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.014 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.06 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.413 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.62 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.71 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.813 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 3.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2808 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.46 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.630 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.61 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.568 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.529 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.570 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019yzvog4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC.