M1.6 earthquake 18 km W of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km W of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 8:18 PM AKDT (04:18 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 29 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-18 04:18:26 UTC
- Depth
- 68.6 km (42.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.165° N, 151.424° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 171 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.028 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 900 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.951 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 900 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.749 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 900 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.510 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 900 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.643 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 900 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.819 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 900 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 899 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 899 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 899 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 899 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 899 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 899 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 898 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 898 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.026 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 898 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 898 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 898 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 897 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 897 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.62 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 897 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 897 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.828 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 897 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.722 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 897 days ago · 73 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.642 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 896 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.42 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 896 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.29 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 896 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 896 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 895 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 895 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 7
- 1.78 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 895 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.87 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 895 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 895 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 1.75 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 894 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.537 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 894 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 894 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.71 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 894 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.918 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 893 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 893 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 893 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 893 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 892 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.452 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 892 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 892 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.646 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 892 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 892 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.18 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 891 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 891 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 891 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.693 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 891 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 891 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 890 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 890 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 890 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.932 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 890 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.550 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 888 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.544 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 888 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.723 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 887 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.466 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 887 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 887 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.555 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 886 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 1.59 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 900 days ago · 66 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 901 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 901 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.561 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 901 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 901 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 902 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 903 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 903 days ago · 76 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.749 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 903 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.420 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 903 days ago · 71 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.921 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 903 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 903 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.679 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 904 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 904 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.820 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 904 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 905 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.555 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 905 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 905 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.113 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 905 days ago · 63 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 905 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02450c2h7i. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.