M2.3 earthquake 9 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, Apr 6, 2023, 8:24 AM AKDT (16:24 UTC), 26 km (16 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.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.03 · 150 stations

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 149 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 200.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0234f19i2k (also filed as us6000k2h4). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.