Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 4, 2023, 1:23 AM AKST (10:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-01-04 10:23:04 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.560° N, 149.106° 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
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.719 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.551 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.949 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.720 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.021 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.614 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.753 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.548 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.93 km N of Eagle River, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
  10. 1.553 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.917 km SE of Primrose, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.55 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.044 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.523 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.552 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.515 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.527 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.945 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.845 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.539 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.78 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.52 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1356 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.154 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  28. 1.525 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.212 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.116 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.520 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.937 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 2.132 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1353 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.245 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.524 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.852 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1353 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.948 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.742 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 1.917 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.524 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.921 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.54 km WNW of Funny River, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.640 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.524 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.69 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.04 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.18 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.52 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.517 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.517 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.756 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.555 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 3.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.528 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 2.59 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.55 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.810 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.718 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.646 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.035 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.625 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.520 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.64 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.712 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.737 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.85 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.519 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.517 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.825 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.712 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.254 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.456 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1

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