Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km SW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Willow, Alaska on Sat, Feb 18, 2023, 4:43 PM AKST (01:43 UTC), 42 km (26 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
2023-02-19 01:43:43 UTC
Depth
41.6 km (25.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.684° N, 150.139° 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
32

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 147 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.716 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.66 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 1.647 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.547 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.846 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.620 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.650 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.724 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.541 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.624 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.111 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.734 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.924 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.426 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.748 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.14 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.010 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.530 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.721 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.521 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.58 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1317 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.525 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.115 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.012 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.68 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.822 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 1.715 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.514 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.830 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.726 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 1.825 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.63 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.75 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.514 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.634 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.838 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.645 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.534 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.69 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.722 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 2.040 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.829 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.02 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.917 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1312 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.521 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.75 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 1.61 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 1.734 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.62 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.940 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.07 km S of Knik, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.83 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.6Southern Alaska · 1322 days ago · 44 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.748 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.442 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.529 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.915 km N of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.67 km WSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.634 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.17 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.76 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.927 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.633 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1324 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.533 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.915 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.02 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 279 · tsunami flag
  16. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 3.112 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.646 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.5Central Alaska · 1325 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.811 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0232apq3dp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC.