M1.5 earthquake 9 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska on Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 12:41 PM AKST (21:41 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km W of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-23 21:41:12 UTC
- Depth
- 54.8 km (34.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.617° N, 151.119° 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
- 30
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.715 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.754 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.418 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.920 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.211 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.720 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 82 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.612 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.155 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.734 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.531 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.748 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.52 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.628 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.543 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.322 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1346 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.912 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1345 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1345 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.416 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.028 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.346 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1344 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.925 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.572 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 61 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1343 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.037 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.041 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.528 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.262 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.522 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.952 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.019 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.515 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.625 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Funny River, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.735 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.525 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.921 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.917 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.920 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.639 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
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