Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 35 km NW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 35 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 3:06 PM AKDT (23:06 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.6 14 km SE of Skwentna, 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
2025-09-19 23:06:23 UTC
Depth
77.8 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.321° N, 151.629° 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
22

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 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 380 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.627 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 380 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.65 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 380 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.626 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 379 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.812 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 379 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.534 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 379 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.716 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 379 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.84 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 378 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.417 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 378 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.830 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 378 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.85 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 378 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.712 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 377 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 377 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.530 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 377 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.721 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 377 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.741 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 376 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.520 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 376 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.148 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 376 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.925 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 376 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.323 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 375 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 2.142 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 374 days ago · 91 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 2.240 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 374 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.77 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 374 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.818 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 374 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.87 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 374 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.97 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 374 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.55 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 373 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.728 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 373 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.524 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 373 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.651 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 372 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 1.727 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 372 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.74 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 372 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.012 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 371 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.832 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 371 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.625 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 371 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 1.512 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 371 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.618 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 371 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.73 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 370 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.829 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 370 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.529 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 370 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.930 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 370 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 370 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 2.427 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 370 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.84 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 370 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.69 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 369 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.525 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 369 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.535 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 369 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.966 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 369 days ago · 119 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 1.959 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 369 days ago · 107 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 2.038 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 368 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.19 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 368 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.728 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 368 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 2.51 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 367 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.923 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 367 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.621 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 367 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 1.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 367 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.615 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 366 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.14 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 366 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.83 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 366 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 1.717 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 365 days ago · 65 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.522 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 380 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.912 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 380 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.740 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 381 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.68 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 382 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.739 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 382 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.933 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 383 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.534 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 383 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.939 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 384 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 384 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 384 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.936 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 384 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.75 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 385 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.931 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 385 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.54 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 385 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.034 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 386 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 386 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.851 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 387 days ago · 90 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.060 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 388 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.66 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 388 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.931 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 388 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025c1oj8e4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:58 AM UTC.