Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Fri, Dec 9, 2022, 4:34 PM AKST (01:34 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 10 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-10 01:34:50 UTC
Depth
40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.407° N, 150.033° 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 II, 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
40

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 188 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1392 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.512 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 9
  3. 1.812 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.611 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.43 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.513 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.84 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.812 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.525 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.512 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.611 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.67 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.53 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.64 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1390 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1390 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1390 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.69 km E of Willow, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.514 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.713 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.619 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.67 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1389 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 1.612 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1389 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.320 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.5Central Alaska · 1389 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.633 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.547 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.538 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.519 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.624 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.69 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.613 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.827 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.623 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.626 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.231 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.444 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 3.838 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 60 · tsunami flag
  41. 2.028 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.528 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.710 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 1.518 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.733 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.223 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.930 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 1.629 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 1.513 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.135 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 1.818 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.926 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.62 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.918 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.64 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.728 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.631 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.630 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.66 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 1.513 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.632 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.210 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.616 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.84 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.75 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.65 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.63 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.229 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.627 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.521 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1395 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.524 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.610 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.626 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.524 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.135 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.631 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.58 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022fsxo7nj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.