Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 13 km NE of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 13 km NE of Willow, Alaska on Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 11:19 AM AKST (20:19 UTC), 37 km (23 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
2019-01-19 20:19:05 UTC
Depth
36.8 km (22.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.845° N, 149.893° 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
55

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. 2.28 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.521 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.76 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.28 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.16 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.521 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.98 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.531 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.54 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2808 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.83 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.59 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.61 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.617 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.46 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 1.628 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.53 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.65 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2808 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.98 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.910 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.64 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2807 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 1.522 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.62 km E of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.626 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.73 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  40. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.620 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 1.96 km ENE of Knik River, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.37 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.96 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.23 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 1.76 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.717 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.38 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2806 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 4.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1,119 · tsunami flag
  53. 2.314 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.714 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.79 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.59 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 1.515 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  59. 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 2.11 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2809 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.512 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2810 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.05 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.517 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.26 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.53 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.511 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.64 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.08 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2811 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.59 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.16 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.941 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019vr8cgh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC.