Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 11 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sun, May 1, 2022, 8:30 PM AKDT (04:30 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 13 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-02 04:30:03 UTC
Depth
36.5 km (22.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.266° N, 150.091° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.12 km N of Knik, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.53 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.519 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.52 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.525 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.92 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.913 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.619 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.821 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.516 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1612 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.743 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.525 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.925 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.524 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.114 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.622 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.710 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.930 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.013 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1606 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.626 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.213 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 1.538 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.138 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.130 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 3.214 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.110 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.07 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.821 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 3.712 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  35. 1.522 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.723 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.627 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 3.126 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  40. 1.62 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 1.623 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.54 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 2.831 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.72 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 2.232 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.52 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 1.812 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.97 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 1.52 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 1.617 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.516 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.532 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.38 km N of Houston, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.916 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 2.45 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.88 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1592 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 1.51 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 1.51 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.816 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.746 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.64 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.33 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.8Southern Alaska · 1614 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 104
  8. 1.635 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.51 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.013 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.99 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.88 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 1.84 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.618 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.823 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.812 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.039 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.927 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.65 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.118 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1

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