Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 6 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska on Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 8:04 PM AKDT (04:04 UTC), 38 km (24 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-04-13 04:04:23 UTC
Depth
38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.169° N, 149.820° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

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Stations used
73

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.64 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.513 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.57 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.512 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.95 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  6. 2.19 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.57 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.835 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.531 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.526 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.07 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.815 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1627 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.918 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1627 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
  14. 1.98 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1623 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.38 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1623 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.02 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.88 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.04 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 233
  19. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.626 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.510 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1622 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.512 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.511 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.66 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.526 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.419 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.527 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.65 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.118 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.65 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 1.927 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.812 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.823 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.84 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 1.99 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.013 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 1.51 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 3.8Southern Alaska · 1613 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 104
  43. 2.33 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.64 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 1.816 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.51 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.611 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 2.12 km N of Knik, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.53 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 1.52 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.520 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 1.525 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.92 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 1.913 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.619 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 1.821 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.516 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1611 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 1.64 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.67 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.624 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.623 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.622 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.718 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.043 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.66 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.53 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.95 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.028 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.626 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.524 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.515 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.824 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1637 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.58 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.84 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0224qerdw6 (also filed as us7000h1n4). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.