M1.7 earthquake 12 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska on Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 2:48 AM AKDT (10:48 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 75 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-09 10:48:49 UTC
- Depth
- 56.5 km (35.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.644° N, 151.032° 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
- 58
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 129 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.644 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.762 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.714 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.345 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 86 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.57 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1514 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.531 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.234 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1511 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.44 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 2.07 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.024 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.868 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.725 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1509 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.527 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.611 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 79
- 1.913 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.510 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.38 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 17
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 1508 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.54 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.25 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.120 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1517 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.671 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.540 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.828 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.513 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1519 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 1519 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.732 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.552 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.618 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.520 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.936 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.957 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.539 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
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