Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 8 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 7:34 AM AKST (16:34 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

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
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-19 16:34:50 UTC
Depth
35.9 km (22.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.430° N, 150.051° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
14

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 159 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.928 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.68 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.724 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.826 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.745 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.511 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.44 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.933 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.67 km SW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 3.09 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 57 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 26
  14. 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.534 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.67 km N of Susitna North, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.543 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.616 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.918 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 39 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 1.529 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.521 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.024 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.530 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.614 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.84 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.84 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.813 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 3.07 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  35. 1.712 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.617 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.823 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 1.722 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.61 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.52 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 3.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
  46. 3.22 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 70
  47. 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
  48. 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
  50. 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.622 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.945 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.511 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.615 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 2.110 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.526 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.524 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.58 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.928 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.930 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.933 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2079 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.67 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away

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