Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 5:43 PM AKST (02:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, 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
2025-01-18 02:43:50 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.622° N, 149.099° 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
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.722 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 622 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.524 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 621 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.038 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 620 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.638 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 620 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.918 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 620 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.826 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 620 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.517 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 619 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.04 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 618 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.59 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 618 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.536 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 617 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.512 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 616 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.527 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 616 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.911 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 615 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.040 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 615 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.610 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 615 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.558 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 615 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.617 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 614 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.938 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 614 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.119 km W of Hope, Alaska · 611 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.619 km W of Hope, Alaska · 611 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 611 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.611 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 610 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.810 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 610 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.551 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 610 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.318 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 609 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.516 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 608 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.62 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 607 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.57 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 606 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.510 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 604 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.215 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 604 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 3.219 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 603 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  32. 3.018 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 603 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.631 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 603 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.523 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 602 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 3.420 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 602 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  36. 1.93 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 602 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 3.08 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 602 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  38. 1.510 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 602 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.916 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 601 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 3.010 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 601 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
  41. 1.66 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 600 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.64 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 600 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.535 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 600 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.50 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 599 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.523 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 598 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.554 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 597 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 1.78 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 597 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 1.722 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 597 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.237 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 596 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 2.621 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 595 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 1.527 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 595 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.614 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 595 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.549 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.925 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 595 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 1.527 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 594 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.956 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.514 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 1.746 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 593 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 1.512 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 591 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.911 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 590 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 1.822 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 622 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 622 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.741 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 622 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.338 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 622 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.733 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 623 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 623 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.653 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 623 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.06 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 624 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.928 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 624 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.78 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 624 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 624 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.03 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 625 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.710 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 626 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.912 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 626 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.78 km WSW of Crown Point, Alaska · 627 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.516 km E of Eagle River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
  17. 1.65 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 628 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.045 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.656 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 628 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.834 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 628 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025tt4fp8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.