Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 16 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 10:47 AM AKDT (18:47 UTC), 48 km (30 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-10-17 18:47:42 UTC
Depth
47.5 km (29.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.428° N, 150.242° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
63

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 139 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.833 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.642 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.651 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.028 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.514 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.68 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 135
  7. 3.29 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 37
  8. 3.09 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.05 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.610 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.719 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.622 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.7Southern Alaska · 1446 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.516 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.07 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.538 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.78 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 3.56 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  20. 2.117 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.67 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 2.04 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.741 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 3.724 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 144
  25. 2.020 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.821 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.015 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.721 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 1.619 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.822 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 1.722 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.039 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 3.311 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 9
  34. 1.616 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.531 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 1.917 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 4.424 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 251 · tsunami flag
  38. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.321 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 3.122 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 60
  41. 1.623 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.913 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.717 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 1.625 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 2.848 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 3.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.220 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.24 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.634 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.629 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.712 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 1.518 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.719 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.019 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 1.519 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.741 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.127 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.630 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.76 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 1.79 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.934 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.945 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.22 km WSW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.748 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.64 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.323 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.516 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.917 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.619 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.513 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.559 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.17 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.810 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.533 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.652 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.010 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.525 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.527 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022dbwum0j. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:59 AM UTC.