M1.6 earthquake 31 km NW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 10:24 PM AKST (07:24 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km W of Tyonek, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-07 07:24:09 UTC
- Depth
- 67.8 km (42.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.374° N, 151.427° 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
- 67
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1365 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.820 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.474 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.826 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 70 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.614 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 118 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.93 km N of Eagle River, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 11
- 1.838 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.223 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.545 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.647 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 95 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.539 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.656 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.813 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.132 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.61 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.021 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.221 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 79 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.633 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.950 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.618 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 63 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1358 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1358 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 90 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.145 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.113 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1356 days ago · 66 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.873 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.0Southern Alaska · 1365 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 1.821 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.512 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1366 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.557 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.720 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 22
- 1.67 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.11 km W of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.616 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.87 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.514 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
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