Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 8 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:10 AM AKST (16:10 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-30 16:10:43 UTC
Depth
40.4 km (25.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.430° N, 149.933° 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: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 144 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.910 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.920 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.620 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.56 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.418 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.830 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.84 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.526 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2433 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.727 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.324 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.911 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.747 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.112 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.016 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.55 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 1.832 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 1.96 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 1.525 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.512 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.928 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 2.711 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.614 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 1.74 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.715 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2426 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 1.613 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.77 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.023 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.714 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 2.015 km S of Hope, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.45 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.526 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.62 km W of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.58 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.616 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 3.18 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.48 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 1.610 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.62 km SW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2422 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.65 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 1.516 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 1.619 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2421 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 1.632 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.715 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.62 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 1.944 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.74 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 1.829 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.521 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 3.117 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  58. 2.44 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.54 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.17 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.520 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.725 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.518 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.94 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.615 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.529 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2437 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.58 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.513 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.525 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.717 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.813 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.723 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.132 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away

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