Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 18 km W of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 18 km W of Anchorage, Alaska on Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 9:02 PM AKST (06:02 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-03-08 06:02:37 UTC
Depth
44.8 km (27.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.204° N, 150.250° 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
79

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.918 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.111 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 3.69 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 26
  4. 2.421 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.116 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.031 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.95 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.515 km S of Hope, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 17
  9. 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1666 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.516 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.613 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.53 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.95 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.536 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.614 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.027 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.625 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.724 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.731 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.445 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.62 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.06 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.521 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.87 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 1.840 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 1.51 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.24 km ENE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.427 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.713 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
  30. 1.626 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.126 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1659 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 2.223 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.423 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.510 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 1.637 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.513 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 1.512 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 1.525 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 2.135 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 2.825 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 1.624 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 1.527 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.519 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.921 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 2.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.717 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1657 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1656 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.715 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 2.31 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 1.525 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.923 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.324 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 2.419 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 1.81 km WSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.25 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.536 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.810 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 17

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.711 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.619 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.817 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.92 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.545 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.02 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.514 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.651 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.511 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.07 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.66 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1672 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.87 km SSE of Kenai, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.63 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.820 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.625 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.515 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.812 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02232wld14. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:42 AM UTC.