Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 30 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 30 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 1:18 PM AKDT (21:18 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 28 km NNE of Paxson, 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
2025-09-12 21:18:58 UTC
Depth
2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.355° N, 145.445° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.728 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.829 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.928 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 385 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.729 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 384 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.828 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 384 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.328 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 380 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.728 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 380 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.171 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 379 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.628 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 378 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.841 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 378 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 1.728 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.545 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 375 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.831 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 373 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.577 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 372 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.629 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 371 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.527 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 370 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.633 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 370 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.833 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 369 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.136 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 368 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.634 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 368 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 1.779 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 367 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.229 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 367 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.522 km N of Gakona, Alaska · 366 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.843 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 365 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.540 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 364 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 1.528 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 364 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 1.829 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 364 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 1.827 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 360 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 1.628 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 358 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 1.936 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 358 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.629 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 357 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 1.734 km SW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 356 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.437 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 351 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 1.631 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 349 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 1.583 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 348 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.827 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 348 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.076 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 346 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.642 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 337 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.135 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 335 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.632 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 331 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 1.737 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 331 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 1.73 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 330 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.543 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 329 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 2.029 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.834 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.933 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 387 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.931 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 390 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.624 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 392 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.528 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 394 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.729 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.227 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.429 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.972 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 395 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.870 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 396 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.631 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 397 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.748 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 398 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.528 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 399 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.650 km WSW of Whitestone, Alaska · 405 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025bq2nl21. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC.