M1.5 earthquake 47 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 47 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska on Fri, Mar 3, 2023, 7:38 AM AKST (16:38 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-03 16:38:51 UTC
- Depth
- 68.1 km (42.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.511° N, 151.507° 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
- 15
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
- 1.531 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1310 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.625 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1310 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.535 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.79 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.210 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.535 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.756 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 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 · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.223 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.778 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 137 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.421 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.227 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 117 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.66 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.622 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.512 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1304 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.343 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.516 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.147 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.822 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.618 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.735 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.171 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 132 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 122 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.361 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.819 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.510 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 72 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1300 days ago · 88 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.632 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.619 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.07 km S of Knik, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.940 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 101 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.62 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.734 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.61 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.75 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1312 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.02 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.829 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.82 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.040 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 78 km deep · 13 km away
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