Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 29 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 29 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 7:28 AM AKST (16:28 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Kenai Peninsula, 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
2023-03-01 16:28:24 UTC
Depth
68.2 km (42.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.385° N, 151.283° 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
76

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.02 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.917 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1312 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.521 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.75 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.61 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.734 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.62 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.940 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 101 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.07 km S of Knik, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.83 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.547 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.531 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1310 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.616 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.158 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 1.625 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.730 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.535 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.818 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 58 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.64 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 1.812 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.79 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 2.210 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.535 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 1.756 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 1.820 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.662 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.223 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.514 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.778 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.421 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 54 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 2.227 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.66 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.622 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.845 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 3.88 km ESE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 252
  52. 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 1.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.512 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.610 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 1.65 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1303 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.715 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.343 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.82 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.040 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.611 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.722 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.546 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.645 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 88 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.838 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.669 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 129 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.729 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.634 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.75 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.024 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.643 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.063 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.825 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.830 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.618 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.719 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away

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