Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 25 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 25 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Feb 26, 2023, 11:39 AM AKST (20:39 UTC), 43 km (27 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-02-26 20:39:27 UTC
Depth
43.0 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.005° N, 150.259° 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
56

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 160 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.58 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.024 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.75 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.729 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.838 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.645 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.722 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.611 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.040 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.82 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.541 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.829 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.02 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.917 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.617 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.75 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.61 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.734 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.07 km S of Knik, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.820 km WSW of Primrose, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.83 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.822 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.518 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.547 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.531 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1310 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.616 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.17 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.625 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.730 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.16 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.818 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.64 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 1.812 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 1.79 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 2.210 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.535 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.820 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.514 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.421 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.227 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 3.88 km ESE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 252
  53. 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 2.512 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 1.610 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.65 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 1.715 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.343 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.615 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.618 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.719 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.514 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 1.822 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.57 km WSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.68 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.544 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.62 km WNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.58 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.622 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.719 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.712 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.521 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.010 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.14 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.634 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.748 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.426 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away

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