Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 3 km W of Ridgeway, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 3 km W of Ridgeway, Alaska on Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 12:19 PM AKST (21:19 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 44 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-02-24 21:19:31 UTC
Depth
70.1 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.533° N, 151.155° 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
61

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 145 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.88 km W of Kenai, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 66 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.94 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.251 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.616 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.724 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.413 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.645 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.56 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 72 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.520 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.825 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.64 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.518 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.63 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.641 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  17. 1.912 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.520 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 1.869 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.88 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.18 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.812 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 76 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 2.360 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.916 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.023 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 1.625 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.87 km SSE of Kenai, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 51 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.026 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.66 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 1.515 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.07 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 1.511 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 1.651 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.547 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.89 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1672 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.514 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.02 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 1.89 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 1.533 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.118 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.868 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.951 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.918 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.111 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 3.69 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 26
  53. 1.533 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 3.515 km S of Hope, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 17
  56. 1.730 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.754 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.642 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.983 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 140 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.556 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.971 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.736 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.469 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.922 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.75 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.520 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.855 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.029 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
  15. 1.737 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.826 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.815 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 3.118 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0222jb6bup. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.