Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 7 km S of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 7 km S of Willow, Alaska on Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 7:35 PM AKST (04:35 UTC), 39 km (24 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, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-17 04:35:56 UTC
Depth
39.4 km (24.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.681° N, 150.019° 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
27

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. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.519 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.73 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
  4. 1.82 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.045 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 250 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.8Southern Alaska · 2784 days ago · 232 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.510 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.519 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.93 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.93 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.63 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.86 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.710 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.08 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.45 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 784 · tsunami flag
  19. 2.17 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.78 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.85 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 1.56 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.421 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 3.315 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 44
  27. 2.014 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.539 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.08 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.05 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 2.68 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  32. 1.610 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.348 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.38 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 1.86 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 1.98 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 43 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 1.64 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.57 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 2.14 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.24 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.23 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.320 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2782 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.216 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 1.66 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 1.52 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 1.73 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.629 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.07 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 1.512 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.77 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.15 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 1.628 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 3.03 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 21

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.42 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.812 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.97 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.032 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 1.59 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 3.07 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 24
  9. 2.37 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.512 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.17 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.54 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.61 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.71 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01927ge0hk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.