Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km NW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Willow, Alaska on Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 11:48 PM AKDT (07:48 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 1 km WSW of Big Lake, 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
2024-10-27 07:48:28 UTC
Depth
43.2 km (26.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.806° N, 150.146° 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
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 176 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.132 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 704 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.520 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.821 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.65 km E of Anchorage, Alaska · 704 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.543 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 704 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.45 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 703 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.617 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 703 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.538 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 703 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.032 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 703 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.825 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 703 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.74 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.58 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 702 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.611 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 702 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.524 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 702 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.745 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 702 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.928 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 702 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.523 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 702 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.822 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 702 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.921 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 702 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.631 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 702 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.843 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 702 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.054 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 701 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.625 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 701 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.25 km N of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 701 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.25 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 701 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.725 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 701 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.528 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 701 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 701 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.65 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 701 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 1.530 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 701 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.621 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 700 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.530 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 700 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.534 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 699 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 1.99 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 699 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.125 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 699 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.617 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 699 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 1.627 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 699 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.523 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.44 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 698 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.98 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 698 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 1.835 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.729 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 698 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.518 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.515 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 698 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.621 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 698 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.736 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.617 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 698 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.228 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 697 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.554 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 697 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.641 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 697 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.623 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 697 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.56 km N of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 697 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.521 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 697 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.517 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 697 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.625 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 697 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 1.58 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 696 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 1.723 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 696 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.739 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.518 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 696 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 1.625 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.525 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.825 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 705 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.816 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 705 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.131 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 705 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 705 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 705 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.67 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 705 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.953 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 706 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.74 km ENE of Fishhook, Alaska · 706 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.615 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 706 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.626 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 706 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.82 km NW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 706 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.51 km W of Talkeetna, Alaska · 706 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.538 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 707 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.516 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 707 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.536 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 707 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.53 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 707 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.449 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 708 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.221 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 708 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024dtx7ufa. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.