M1.8 earthquake 9 km SW of Homer, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Homer, Alaska on Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 8:09 AM AKST (17:09 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 63 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-12 17:09:28 UTC
- Depth
- 19.2 km (11.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.592° N, 151.685° 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
- 27
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.236 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 627 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.955 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 627 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 626 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.056 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 626 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.157 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 626 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.846 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 626 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 626 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.852 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 626 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 626 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 626 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 626 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.165 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.632 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 625 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 625 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 625 days ago · 118 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.726 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.952 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 625 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.956 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 624 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 624 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 624 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 624 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.942 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 624 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.864 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 624 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.750 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 83 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.836 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 624 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 624 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 624 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.552 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 624 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 623 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.526 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 623 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 623 days ago · 141 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 623 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.623 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 623 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 623 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.959 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 623 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.944 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 623 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 623 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 623 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 623 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 622 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.472 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 622 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.958 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.065 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 622 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.927 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 622 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.453 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 622 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 622 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 622 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 622 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 621 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.122 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 621 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 621 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.723 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 621 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.638 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 621 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.79 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 621 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.546 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 621 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.045 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.617 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 628 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 628 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 628 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.853 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 628 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.922 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 628 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 629 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 629 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 629 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.512 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 629 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 629 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.815 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 629 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 629 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 629 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 629 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 629 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 630 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 630 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
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