M1.6 earthquake 45 km NW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 45 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 2:18 AM AKDT (10:18 UTC), 72 km (45 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-13 10:18:11 UTC
- Depth
- 71.8 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.425° N, 151.687° 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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1301 days ago · 88 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.632 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.619 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.411 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.037 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.642 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.525 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.348 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 73 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.949 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.261 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.614 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.536 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 83 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 121 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.516 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.662 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.747 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 96 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.869 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.810 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.714 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.867 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.725 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.747 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 97 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.522 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.614 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.512 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.636 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.431 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.85 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 77 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.628 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.032 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.835 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.730 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.614 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.511 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.845 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.025 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.627 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.510 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.819 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.988 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 165 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.361 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.611 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 122 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.171 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 132 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.735 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.618 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.147 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 80 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.516 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
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