Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 32 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska on Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 5:20 PM AKDT (01:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km NNW of Four Mile Road, 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
2022-08-13 01:20:02 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.409° N, 147.519° 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
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.219 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.18 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.930 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.16 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.583 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.6Central Alaska · 1490 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.67 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.91 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.9Central Alaska · 1487 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.516 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 134
  11. 2.1Central Alaska · 1484 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.878 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 3.833 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 176
  14. 1.539 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.041 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.6Central Alaska · 1477 days ago · 129 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.429 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.515 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 461
  19. 2.117 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.418 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 12
  21. 1.718 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.615 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.621 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.621 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.96 km S of Ferry, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.423 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.031 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.119 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.748 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.511 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 131 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.510 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.67 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.641 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.681 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.736 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.769 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.08 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.577 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.15 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.414 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 28
  7. 2.631 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  8. 3.243 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.113 km E of Nenana, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.416 km NE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.514 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.035 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.539 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 1.96 km NW of Healy, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.737 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 3.376 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.372 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022ac4mt92. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.