M1.5 earthquake 54 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 54 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska on Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 11:54 PM AKDT (07:54 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 97 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-13 07:54:58 UTC
- Depth
- 2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.238° N, 141.594° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.686 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.735 km N of Nabesna, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.588 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.297 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9105 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8106 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.498 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.598 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022ac8etgr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.