Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 21 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 21 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska on Tue, Mar 21, 2023, 2:01 AM AKDT (10:01 UTC), 46 km (28 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-03-21 10:01:28 UTC
Depth
45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.886° N, 150.302° 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
50

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 162 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.733 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.633 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.235 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.540 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.62 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.218 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.543 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.516 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
  10. 1.740 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.618 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.67 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.841 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.826 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.67 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.76 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.119 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.56 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.59 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 2.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.527 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.617 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.411 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  25. 3.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
  26. 1.619 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 2.141 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.120 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.219 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 1.64 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.77 km NE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 2.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.044 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.516 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1285 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.613 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.530 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.29 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.726 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.520 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 1.831 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.518 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.117 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.614 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.726 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 1.58 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.57 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.620 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.510 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 1.89 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.541 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.53 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 3.910 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 171 · tsunami flag
  59. 1.62 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 1.525 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.238 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.826 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.76 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.824 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.248 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.824 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.845 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.635 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.511 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.624 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.925 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.643 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.614 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.730 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.812 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.628 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.539 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.028 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0233ogydf4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.