Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 10 km NNE of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km NNE of Willow, Alaska on Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 5:50 AM AKST (14:50 UTC), 46 km (28 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-02 14:50:12 UTC
Depth
45.5 km (28.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.840° N, 149.968° 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
38

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. 1.54 km SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.27 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.226 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  4. 1.64 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.96 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.82 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.85 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 24
  9. 2.46 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.16 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.712 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.66 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.84 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2793 days ago · 49 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.96 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 27
  23. 1.95 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.53 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.16 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.87 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.92 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 2.15 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 2.334 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 3.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 99
  32. 2.06 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 2.48 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.948 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 1.76 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.84 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.17 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 1.75 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.67 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.021 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.62 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.36 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 4.16 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 45 · tsunami flag
  50. 3.63 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 15
  51. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 1.97 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2791 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.58 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 1.629 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 1.78 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.87 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.717 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 1.75 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.821 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.58 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 48 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.614 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.913 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.76 km S of Knik, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 9
  9. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.06 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.425 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.86 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.95 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.815 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.86 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.77 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.112 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.036 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away

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