Every recorded earthquake near
Earthquakes near Ridgeway, AK
M 2.7
Latest: 2:01 pm AKDT on 9 September 2026 · 29 km (18 mi) SW of Ridgeway, AK
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Ridgeway was M 2.7, 29 km (18 mi) SW of Ridgeway, AK, at 2:01 pm AKDT on 9 September 2026. 1 person reported feeling it to USGS. 10 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.
- Within 30 km since 2016
- 1,534 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- In the last 12 months
- 228
- Largest since 2016
- M 4.7 on 3 July 2019, 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Ridgeway, AK
- Reported felt
- 103 of them have felt reports to USGS
USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page
The latest 50
- 1.8 17 km (10 mi) SSE of Ridgeway, AK
- 2.3 21 km (13 mi) N of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 1.8 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 15 km (9 mi) NW of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.9 27 km (17 mi) SE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.6 19 km (12 mi) S of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.5 21 km (13 mi) N of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.8 27 km (17 mi) W of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.6 26 km (16 mi) SE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.6 23 km (15 mi) WSW of Ridgeway, AK
- 2.7 29 km (18 mi) SW of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 1.8 14 km (9 mi) E of Ridgeway, AK
- 2.5 28 km (17 mi) NW of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 1.6 20 km (12 mi) E of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.5 20 km (13 mi) ESE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.5 14 km (9 mi) N of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.9 16 km (10 mi) WSW of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 22 km (13 mi) WSW of Ridgeway, AK
- 2.5 18 km (11 mi) E of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 1.6 21 km (13 mi) NW of Ridgeway, AK
- 2.1 19 km (12 mi) S of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 2.6 20 km (12 mi) N of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 1.8 26 km (16 mi) WNW of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.5 28 km (18 mi) N of Ridgeway, AK
- 3.1 24 km (15 mi) SE of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 1.9 18 km (11 mi) NE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.5 24 km (15 mi) NW of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.8 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Ridgeway, AK
- 2.5 10 km (6 mi) ESE of Ridgeway, AK · felt by 1
- 1.9 8 km (5 mi) WNW of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 30 km (18 mi) W of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.6 28 km (18 mi) W of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 9 km (5 mi) SSE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 14 km (8 mi) ENE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SW of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.9 26 km (16 mi) ENE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.8 26 km (16 mi) NE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 12 km (8 mi) E of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 27 km (17 mi) N of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.9 27 km (17 mi) NNE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 9 km (6 mi) SE of Ridgeway, AK
- 2.3 11 km (7 mi) ESE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.8 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.6 12 km (7 mi) SSW of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 28 km (17 mi) N of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.5 15 km (9 mi) SE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 15 km (9 mi) NNE of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.7 12 km (8 mi) S of Ridgeway, AK
- 1.6 9 km (6 mi) SSW of Ridgeway, AK
From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Ridgeway time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Ridgeway are listed even when they are further out.
On the map
The white circle is Ridgeway; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Before 2016
The USGS record since 1900 lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Ridgeway; the five largest:
- 6.8 24 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 40 km ENE of Ridgeway
- 6.7 6 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 27 km NW of Ridgeway
- 6.4 19 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 41 km N of Ridgeway
- 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 41 km SE of Ridgeway
- 5.7 19 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 40 km NNW of Ridgeway
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.
Nearest mapped faults
- Middle Ground Shoal anticline (Cook Inlet folds), 26 km from its surface trace
USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.
Nearby towns
Soldotna 5 km · Kenai 10 km · Kalifornsky 17 km · Sterling 18 km · Funny River 18 km · Nikiski 21 km · Cohoe 22 km
If you felt one
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- Earthquakes in Alaska, with the state's activity score
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