M1.5 earthquake 5 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Oct 5, 2022, 12:16 PM AKDT (20:16 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 10 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-05 20:16:43 UTC
- Depth
- 60.3 km (37.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.157° N, 151.178° 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
- 31
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 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.034 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.525 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.920 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 1.87 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.239 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.949 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.16 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.642 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.714 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 63 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.510 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1455 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.169 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1454 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 71 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1454 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.441 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 111 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.516 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.840 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 1454 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.858 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.628 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.510 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.854 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.636 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.527 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.525 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.673 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.916 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 3.713 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 33
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1459 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.462 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 125 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.561 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.520 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.120 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.015 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.523 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1462 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.031 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
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