M1.6 earthquake 39 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 39 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 9:56 AM AKDT (17:56 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 33 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-27 17:56:17 UTC
- Depth
- 71.9 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.552° N, 152.511° 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
- 28
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 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.67 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 371 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 371 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 371 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 371 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 371 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 371 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 371 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.263 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 371 days ago · 103 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.917 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 371 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 371 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.077 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 371 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 370 days ago · 124 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 370 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 370 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 370 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.532 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 370 days ago · 130 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 370 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.157 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 370 days ago · 145 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 369 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 369 days ago · 96 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.463 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 369 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 369 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 368 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.763 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 368 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.516 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 368 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 368 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 368 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 368 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 368 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 368 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.847 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 368 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 367 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.57 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 367 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 367 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.361 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 367 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 366 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.631 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 366 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.243 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 366 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 366 days ago · 87 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.78 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 365 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.253 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 365 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.919 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 365 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 365 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.637 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 365 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 364 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.631 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 364 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 364 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 363 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.68 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 363 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.812 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 362 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.369 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 362 days ago · 139 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 362 days ago · 61 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.373 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 362 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 362 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 361 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 361 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 361 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.054 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 361 days ago · 138 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.074 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 361 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.845 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 361 days ago · 72 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.531 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 372 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.046 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 372 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.071 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 373 days ago · 138 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 373 days ago · 71 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 373 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.928 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 373 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.083 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 373 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 373 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 374 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.775 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 375 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 375 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 375 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 375 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 376 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.666 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 377 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.755 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 377 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 377 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.837 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 377 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.729 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 378 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.681 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 378 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
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