Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 11 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska on Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 6:17 PM AKDT (02:17 UTC), 58 km (36 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
2023-03-20 02:17:04 UTC
Depth
57.8 km (35.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.635° N, 151.106° 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
27

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.635 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.845 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.541 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.824 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.248 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.824 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.056 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.826 km W of Hope, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.054 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.238 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.721 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.733 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.633 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.235 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.540 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.738 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.62 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.218 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.543 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.516 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  27. 1.740 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.75 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.618 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.841 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.861 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.719 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.543 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.67 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 1.76 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.86 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.640 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.740 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.119 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 1.59 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.659 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.010 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1290 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.010 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.055 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.617 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.527 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 2.411 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  51. 3.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  52. 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.975 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 137 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 1.619 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.043 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.141 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.016 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.58 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.624 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.925 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.643 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.614 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.730 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.539 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.238 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.739 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.028 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.922 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.95 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.54 km ENE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.512 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.625 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.525 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.860 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.522 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.747 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.361 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0233moqxs2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.