M2.3 earthquake 6 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska on Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 12:29 AM AKDT (08:29 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-31 08:29:45 UTC
- Depth
- 36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.465° N, 149.989° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- Stations used
- 79
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.95 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 188 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
- 2.924 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 188 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km SSW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 188 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.827 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 187 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.74 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 187 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.134 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 187 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.919 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 187 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.326 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 187 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 187 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.29 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 187 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.317 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 187 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.939 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 187 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 187 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.736 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 187 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 187 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 187 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 186 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 186 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 186 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 186 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 186 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.815 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 186 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.419 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 186 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 186 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 186 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 186 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.35 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 186 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 185 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.723 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 185 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 185 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 185 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.536 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 184 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 184 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 184 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 184 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 184 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.821 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 184 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 184 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.719 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 184 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 183 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 183 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 183 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.622 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 183 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 183 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 183 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.418 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 183 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.61 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 183 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.718 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 182 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.815 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 182 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.841 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 182 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 182 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 182 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.913 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 181 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.718 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 181 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.834 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 181 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.618 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 181 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.515 km W of Willow, Alaska · 181 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.213 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 181 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 180 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 180 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.813 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 188 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.60 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 188 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.07 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 188 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 188 days ago · 49 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 188 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.625 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 189 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.717 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 189 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 189 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 3.114 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 189 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 189 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.723 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 189 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 189 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 189 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.621 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 190 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 190 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.619 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 190 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 190 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 190 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 190 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.620 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 190 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026gianpc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM UTC.