Alaska earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 29 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 29 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 4:31 PM AKST (01:31 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-15 01:31:36 UTC
Depth
52.9 km (32.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.205° N, 150.553° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
8
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.3ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (II) at Anchorage.

From the USGS event page for ak016g2uvmh9. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
87

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.327 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 54 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.526 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 1.921 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.97 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.727 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.519 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.913 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.742 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 3.53 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 33
  11. 1.613 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.651 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.618 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.711 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.3Southern Alaska · 3577 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.720 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.927 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.570 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.934 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.835 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.96 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.620 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 1.718 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.071 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.85 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.835 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.973 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 3.073 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.572 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.614 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.628 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 3.133 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.618 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.523 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.81 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.024 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.89 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 1.69 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 2.512 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.720 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.127 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.519 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.621 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.859 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.625 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.628 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.66 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.226 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 1.616 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.624 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.554 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.618 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.09 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.632 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.226 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 3.011 km N of Tanaina, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.928 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.67 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.827 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.521 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.948 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.516 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.73 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.639 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.4Southern Alaska · 3586 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.21 km S of Beluga, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.33 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.920 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.622 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 48 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.720 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.971 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.112 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016g2uvmh9 (also filed as ak14730099, us200080w5). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:07 AM UTC.