Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 22 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska on Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 1:24 PM AKDT (21:24 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-26 21:24:30 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.688° N, 149.363° 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: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.712 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.426 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.53 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.531 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1465 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.56 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.86 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.921 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.258 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.015 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.120 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.734 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.523 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.53 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.942 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.627 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.42 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.538 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.525 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.549 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 3.36 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  22. 1.87 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.011 km WNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 1.56 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.3Southern Alaska · 1457 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.16 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.510 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 1.75 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 1.631 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 1.633 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.516 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.613 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 2.8Southern Alaska · 1454 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.513 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 1.510 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.659 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.58 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.54 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 1.740 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.525 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 1.532 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.750 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.513 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 1.542 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.64 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 2.22 km WSW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.421 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.016 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.514 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 3.68 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 135
  51. 3.29 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 37
  52. 3.09 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.610 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.719 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.07 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.78 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 2.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.934 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 3.724 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 144
  60. 2.020 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 1.812 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.128 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.630 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.523 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.918 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.510 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.716 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.514 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.626 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.68 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.62 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 3.220 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.520 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.54 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022cd87o35. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC.