M1.5 earthquake 33 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 33 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 1:39 PM AKST (22:39 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 44 km WNW of Nikiski, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-19 22:39:50 UTC
- Depth
- 80.9 km (50.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.231° N, 151.678° 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
- 42
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 146 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.52 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.550 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.761 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.530 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.235 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 81 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.520 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.722 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.821 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.819 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.636 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.54 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.238 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 1.560 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.424 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.52 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.535 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.764 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.015 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.618 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.619 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.237 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 79 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.721 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.224 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.756 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 99 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.31 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 28
- 1.61 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.236 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 84 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.11 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.72 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1702 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.534 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 32
- 2.349 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.037 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 121 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.562 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.223 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1701 days ago · 79 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.110 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.522 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.23 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.851 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.815 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.97 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.528 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.418 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.42 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.314 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 1.814 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022vsjlem. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC.