Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 23 km SSW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 23 km SSW of Hope, Alaska on Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 10:51 AM AKST (19:51 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km SSW of Susitna, 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
2025-01-07 19:51:51 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.720° N, 149.789° 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
29

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 117 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 632 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.522 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 632 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.69 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 631 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.58 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 631 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.614 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 631 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 3.15 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 631 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.215 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 631 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.519 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 631 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.518 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 631 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.813 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 630 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.534 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 630 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.627 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 630 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.617 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 629 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.512 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska · 629 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.913 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 629 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.813 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska · 629 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.512 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 629 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.016 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 628 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 628 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.814 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 628 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.922 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.620 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 628 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 1.834 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.617 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 628 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.045 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 627 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.65 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 627 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.82 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 627 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.516 km E of Eagle River, Alaska · 627 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.78 km WSW of Crown Point, Alaska · 627 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.87 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 627 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.69 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 626 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.912 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 626 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.619 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 626 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 1.710 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 626 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.214 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 626 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.618 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 625 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 625 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.74 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 625 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.03 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 625 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.65 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 625 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 1.616 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 624 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.922 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 624 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  43. 1.512 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 624 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 624 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 1.78 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 623 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.815 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 623 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.06 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 623 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 622 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 1.516 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 622 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.526 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 622 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.822 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 622 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.72 km SW of Houston, Alaska · 622 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.722 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 621 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.524 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 621 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 2.723 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 621 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.79 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 621 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.57 km S of Houston, Alaska · 621 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.511 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 620 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.39 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 620 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 632 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.711 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 632 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.513 km W of Primrose, Alaska · 632 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.623 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 632 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.67 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 632 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.719 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 632 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.84 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 633 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.019 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 633 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.927 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 633 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.01 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 634 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.420 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 634 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.517 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 634 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.530 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 634 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.50 km SE of Sterling, Alaska · 634 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.126 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 634 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.58 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 635 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.916 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 635 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.516 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 635 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.811 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 636 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.26 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 636 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025bwdpg1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.