M1.8 earthquake 16 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska on Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 10:53 PM AKDT (06:53 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 16 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-13 06:53:33 UTC
- Depth
- 64.7 km (40.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.673° N, 150.978° 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
- 69
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 144 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.516 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 750 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 750 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 750 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.861 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 750 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 750 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 750 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.857 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 749 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.514 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 749 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 749 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.425 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 748 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 748 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.617 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 748 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 748 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.945 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 748 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.622 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 748 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.822 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 748 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 748 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 748 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Anchorage, Alaska · 748 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 748 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.021 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 747 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 747 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 747 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.61 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 747 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.525 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 746 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.216 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 746 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.943 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 745 days ago · 110 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 745 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.639 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 745 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.133 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 745 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.513 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 745 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.421 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 745 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65 km W of Sterling, Alaska · 744 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.56 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 744 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.913 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 744 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.559 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 744 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 744 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.572 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 743 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.859 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.67 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 743 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 743 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 743 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 742 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.063 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 742 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 742 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.117 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 742 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 742 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.959 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 742 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 741 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 112 · tsunami flag
- 2.18 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 741 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 741 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 741 days ago · 56 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 741 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.927 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 740 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.824 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 740 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 740 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.260 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 751 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.262 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 751 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.241 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 751 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 751 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 751 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.514 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 751 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.516 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 751 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.528 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 751 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 752 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 752 days ago · 58 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 752 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.137 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 752 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 754 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.635 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 754 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 754 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 754 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.319 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 755 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 756 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 756 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 756 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024bt5082w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.