Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 6 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 9:31 PM AKST (06:31 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-29 06:31:14 UTC
Depth
40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.352° N, 150.100° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
89

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 145 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.622 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.635 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.945 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.511 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.018 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.518 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.653 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.818 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.222 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.67 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.68 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.53 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 1.811 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.73 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 3.617 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 54
  29. 1.613 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.717 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 1.617 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.26 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.221 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 1.950 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.635 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.537 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.225 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.64 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 57 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 1.85 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 1.724 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.031 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.015 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 3.120 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 2.59 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.313 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.520 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.65 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 1.624 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.524 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.029 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.610 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.715 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.56 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.521 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 8
  3. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 70
  4. 3.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
  5. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.722 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.645 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.823 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.712 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 3.07 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away

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