Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 27 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 27 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 8:50 AM AKDT (16:50 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.8 34 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-10-08 16:50:28 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.331° N, 145.477° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.628 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 358 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.936 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 358 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.629 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 357 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.734 km SW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 356 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.437 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 351 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.631 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 349 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.583 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 348 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.827 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 348 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.076 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 346 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.642 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 337 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.135 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 335 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.632 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 332 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.737 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 331 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.73 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 330 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.543 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 329 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.881 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 324 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.829 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 321 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.539 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 321 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.083 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 318 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.834 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 318 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.930 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 318 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 1.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 318 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.431 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 318 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 1.931 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 318 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 1.981 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 318 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.679 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 318 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.131 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 317 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 2.131 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 317 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 2.030 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 317 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 2.130 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 316 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.131 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 316 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 2.085 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 316 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.035 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 314 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.745 km S of Dry Creek, Alaska · 312 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.929 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 309 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.230 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 308 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 1.844 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 306 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 1.829 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 305 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 1.949 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 305 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.386 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 304 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.679 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 303 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.829 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 364 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.528 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 364 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.540 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 364 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.843 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 365 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.522 km N of Gakona, Alaska · 366 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.229 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 367 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.779 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 368 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.634 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 368 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.136 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 369 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.833 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 369 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.633 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 370 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.527 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 371 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.629 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 371 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.577 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 372 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.831 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 373 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 1.545 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 375 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 1.728 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.841 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 378 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.628 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 378 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.171 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 379 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025cwzu8fc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC.