M1.6 earthquake 17 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 4:51 PM AKST (01:51 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-26 01:51:15 UTC
- Depth
- 42.4 km (26.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.087° N, 150.063° 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
- 50
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 185 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.532 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 615 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 614 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 614 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 614 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.52 km S of Houston, Alaska · 614 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.614 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 614 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 614 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 614 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 614 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 614 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.129 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 613 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.521 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 613 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.811 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 613 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.521 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 613 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 613 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.511 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 613 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.214 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 612 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.321 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 612 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.544 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 612 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.119 km W of Hope, Alaska · 612 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.619 km W of Hope, Alaska · 612 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 612 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.026 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 611 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 611 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 611 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.618 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 611 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 611 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.79 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 611 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.548 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 611 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.515 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 611 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.710 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 611 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Beluga, Alaska · 610 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 610 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 610 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.318 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 610 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 610 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.838 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 610 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.61 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 610 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.79 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 609 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 609 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 608 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.828 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 608 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.516 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 608 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.914 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 608 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.526 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 608 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 608 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.510 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 608 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.528 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 607 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 607 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 607 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.612 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 606 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 606 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 605 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.125 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 604 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1,387 · tsunami flag
- 1.623 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 604 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 604 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.215 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 604 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 604 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.42 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 604 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.518 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 615 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.10 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 615 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.610 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 615 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.524 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 616 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 616 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.636 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 616 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 616 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.45 km ENE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 616 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.527 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 616 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 616 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 617 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 617 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 618 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.536 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 618 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.523 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 618 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.414 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 618 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.740 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 618 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 619 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 619 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.618 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 619 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
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