M1.8 earthquake 8 km SE of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 12:28 PM AKDT (20:28 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 20 km WNW of Tyonek, 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
- 2025-03-12 20:28:35 UTC
- Depth
- 14.9 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.092° N, 150.951° 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
- 58
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.611 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 568 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 568 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 568 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.924 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 568 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.522 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 568 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 567 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.519 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 567 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 566 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.520 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 566 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 566 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 565 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.523 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 565 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 565 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.22 km E of Houston, Alaska · 565 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.724 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 565 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 565 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.525 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 565 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.927 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 565 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.515 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 565 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.672 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 564 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.821 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 564 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.816 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 564 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.819 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 564 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 564 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.825 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 564 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 564 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.017 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 564 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.117 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 564 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.621 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 564 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 563 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.622 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 563 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 563 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 563 days ago · 62 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.519 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 563 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.850 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 563 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.621 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 563 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 563 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 563 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.579 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 563 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.867 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 563 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.81 km SW of Sterling, Alaska · 563 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 563 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.221 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 562 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 562 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.71 km NW of Funny River, Alaska · 562 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 562 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 561 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 561 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.79 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 561 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 560 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 560 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 560 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 560 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.94 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 560 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.860 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 560 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.927 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 560 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.720 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 559 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.535 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 559 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 559 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 559 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.565 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 569 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 569 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.75 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 569 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 569 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.69 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 569 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.27 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 569 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.646 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 569 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.845 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 570 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 570 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.646 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 570 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.429 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 571 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 571 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.542 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 571 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.127 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 571 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.622 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 571 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 572 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.67 km E of Soldotna, Alaska · 572 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 572 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.636 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 572 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 572 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
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