Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska on Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 9:04 PM AKDT (05:04 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 10 km W of Point MacKenzie, 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
2022-10-31 05:04:00 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.624° N, 149.449° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.73 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.814 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.721 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.753 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.753 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.62 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.619 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.78 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.818 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.732 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.533 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.712 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.716 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.532 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.515 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.030 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.917 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.515 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.516 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.64 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  23. 3.214 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 147
  24. 2.25 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.05 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.69 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.95 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.619 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.913 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 1.519 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.028 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.618 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.518 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.927 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.514 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.720 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.520 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 1.625 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.89 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.921 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 3.113 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
  43. 1.89 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.58 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.620 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.914 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 4.910 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1,869 · tsunami flag
  50. 2.011 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.311 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  52. 2.17 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.611 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.712 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.515 km SSW of Knik River, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 1.532 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.527 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.612 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.623 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.531 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 1.614 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.558 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.527 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.616 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.75 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.65 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.58 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.28 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.58 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.614 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.619 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.617 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.69 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.556 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.726 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.621 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.76 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.630 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022dyudfsa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.