Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 26 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sun, Nov 16, 2025, 3:52 AM AKST (12:52 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 12 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-11-16 12:52:19 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.119° N, 150.340° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
19

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 177 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km S of Houston, Alaska · 321 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.023 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 321 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.225 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 321 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.510 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 321 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.919 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 321 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.711 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 321 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 321 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.715 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 321 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.14 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 321 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 321 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.317 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 320 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.719 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 320 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.92 km W of Tanaina, Alaska · 320 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.08 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 320 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.97 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 320 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.18 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 320 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 319 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.813 km W of Hope, Alaska · 319 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.523 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 319 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.331 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 319 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.721 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 319 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.16 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 319 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.813 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 319 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.78 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 318 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 1.730 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 318 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.79 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 318 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.99 km N of Willow, Alaska · 318 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.042 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 318 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.328 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 318 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 2.019 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 318 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.117 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 318 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.050 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 318 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.211 km W of Houston, Alaska · 318 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 2.130 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 318 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.68 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 317 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.518 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 317 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.332 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 317 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.112 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 317 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.84 km SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 317 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.132 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 317 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.117 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 317 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.927 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 316 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.114 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 316 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 316 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.16 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 316 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 2.35 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 316 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.018 km W of Willow, Alaska · 316 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.517 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 316 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.834 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 316 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 2.030 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 316 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.113 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 316 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 1.911 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 316 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 1.920 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 316 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 315 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 4.811 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 315 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 763
  56. 1.715 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 315 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  57. 1.552 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 315 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.614 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 315 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 315 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.020 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 315 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.66 km S of Houston, Alaska · 322 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.64 km ENE of Knik, Alaska · 322 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.824 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.138 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.929 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 322 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.88 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 322 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 322 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.625 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 322 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.520 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 323 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.56 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 323 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.726 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 323 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.06 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 323 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.612 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 323 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.912 km W of Houston, Alaska · 324 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.78 km NNE of Eagle River, Alaska · 324 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.98 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 324 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.67 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 324 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.29 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 324 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.910 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 324 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025epffg12. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:53 PM UTC.