M1.8 earthquake 38 km NW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 38 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 5:47 PM AKST (02:47 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-28 02:47:10 UTC
- Depth
- 74.0 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.391° N, 151.568° 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
- 90
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.645 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 88 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.040 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.82 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.829 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 68 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.02 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1313 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.75 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.61 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.734 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.62 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.940 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.07 km S of Knik, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.547 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 68 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1311 days ago · 88 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.625 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1310 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.535 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.79 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.210 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.535 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.756 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 115 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.679 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.223 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.778 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 137 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.421 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.227 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.845 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.512 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.65 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.787 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1304 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.715 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.669 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 129 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.729 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.634 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.024 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.063 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.825 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.830 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.719 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.514 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 106 km deep · 20 km away
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