Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km N of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km N of Fishhook, Alaska on Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 9:17 AM AKDT (17:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 10 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-10-19 17:17:14 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.893° N, 149.276° 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
53

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.07 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.538 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.78 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.543 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 3.56 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
  7. 2.117 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.67 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.04 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.015 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.144 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.619 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.564 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.529 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  15. 3.311 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
  16. 1.917 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 4.424 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 251 · tsunami flag
  18. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 3.122 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 60
  20. 1.623 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.913 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 1.717 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 1.643 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.844 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.24 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.543 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 1.629 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.641 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.719 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 2.019 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.519 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.76 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.661 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.79 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.510 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 1.523 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 1.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.511 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.614 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.774 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.58 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.28 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 1.58 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.75 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.559 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.56 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 1.710 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.59 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.518 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 1.652 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.52 km NNE of Palmer, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 1.835 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 4.224 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 327
  54. 2.325 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 1.527 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.025 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.616 km NNE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.67 km WSW of Chase, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.832 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.426 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.622 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.05 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.09 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.29 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 37
  5. 1.517 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.68 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 135
  7. 2.131 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.833 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.016 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.027 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.22 km WSW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.64 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.323 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.516 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 1.917 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.611 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.17 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.010 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.527 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022df75dse. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.