Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 22 km E of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 22 km E of Point Possession, Alaska on Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 10:18 PM AKDT (06:18 UTC), 45 km (28 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-10-21 06:18:18 UTC
Depth
45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.952° N, 150.280° 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
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.722 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.54 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.039 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.616 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.14 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.531 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.917 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.740 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.321 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 3.122 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 60
  12. 1.623 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.621 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.86 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.810 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.514 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.220 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.24 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.634 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.629 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.712 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.518 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.019 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.741 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.630 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.76 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.79 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.621 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 47 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 1.635 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.16 km NE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.40 km NNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.617 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.830 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.715 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.543 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.614 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.58 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.28 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.58 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 1.617 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.65 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 1.75 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 2.314 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 1.616 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.616 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.527 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.56 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.649 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 1.531 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.518 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.52 km NNE of Palmer, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.632 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.614 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 2.138 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.619 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.68 km E of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.821 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.020 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.724 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 49 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 144
  6. 2.04 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.67 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.117 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.56 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
  10. 2.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.78 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.07 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.7Southern Alaska · 1444 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.719 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.610 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.05 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.09 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.29 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 37
  19. 1.59 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 3.68 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 135

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