Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 10 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Tue, Mar 14, 2023, 7:51 PM AKDT (03:51 UTC), 27 km (17 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-03-15 03:51:59 UTC
Depth
27.1 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.342° N, 150.164° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
46

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 169 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.348 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.64 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.614 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.516 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.522 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.924 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.810 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.59 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.714 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.725 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.913 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.522 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.525 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.821 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.523 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.422 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.625 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.614 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.512 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.431 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.85 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  24. 2.416 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.539 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 1.628 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.032 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.835 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.812 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 1.614 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.624 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.511 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.824 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.810 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.248 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.824 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 1.76 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.826 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 1.721 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 1.615 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.633 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.627 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.530 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 1.76 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 3.522 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 17
  48. 2.218 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.845 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.516 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
  51. 1.520 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 1.740 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 1.618 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 1.67 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 1.841 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.738 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.826 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.215 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.536 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.76 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.626 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.037 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.411 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.619 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.612 km NNE of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.616 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.514 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1301 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.510 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.819 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.734 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.612 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.59 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.134 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.611 km W of Houston, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.515 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.735 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0233efv1ev. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC.