Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 28 km WNW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km WNW of Willow, Alaska on Sun, Feb 5, 2023, 10:39 AM AKST (19:39 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 2 km SW of Susitna, 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
2023-02-05 19:39:15 UTC
Depth
43.8 km (27.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.841° N, 150.535° 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
35

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 163 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.913 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.656 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.512 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.75 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.516 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.78 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.16 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.310 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.740 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 55 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 1.6Central Alaska · 1335 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.05 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.530 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.62 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.13 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.726 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.513 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.511 km ESE of Petersville, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.619 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1334 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.030 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.527 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.93 km WNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.817 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 1.541 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 130 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.627 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 1.548 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.527 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 1.634 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.7Central Alaska · 1331 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1331 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1331 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.624 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.917 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 1.626 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.527 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 1.747 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.24 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.125 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  41. 1.78 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 1.511 km W of Chase, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1329 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.813 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.129 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 1.615 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 2.530 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.928 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.516 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 1.514 km ESE of Petersville, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.114 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.517 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 1.5Central Alaska · 1328 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 1.517 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.822 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.944 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.514 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 1.925 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 61 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.643 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.633 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.540 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.58 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.625 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.820 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.939 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.516 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.924 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 66 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.923 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.833 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1340 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.624 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.73 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.324 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.754 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.540 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.324 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.018 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.534 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.940 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0231nuw4cb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.