Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 8 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 8:31 PM AKDT (04:31 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.6 14 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-09-18 04:31:37 UTC
Depth
34.8 km (21.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.423° N, 149.885° 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
21

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.526 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 381 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.417 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 380 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.115 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 380 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.740 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 380 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.513 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 379 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.912 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 379 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.613 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 379 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.522 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 379 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.735 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 379 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 379 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.627 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 379 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.128 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 379 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.922 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 378 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.627 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 378 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.65 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 378 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.611 km N of Willow, Alaska · 378 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.626 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 378 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.812 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 378 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.534 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 377 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.716 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 377 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.84 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 377 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.417 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 377 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.830 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 377 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.85 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 376 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.510 km E of Willow, Alaska · 376 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.737 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 376 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.712 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 376 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.54 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 376 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.77 km NNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 376 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 375 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.530 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 375 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.721 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 375 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.520 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 375 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.148 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 375 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.925 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 375 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.70 km ENE of Gateway, Alaska · 374 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.323 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 374 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.110 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 374 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.77 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 373 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 2.87 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 373 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.97 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 373 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 1.53 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 373 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.55 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 372 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.716 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 372 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.015 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 372 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 1.625 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 372 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.651 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 371 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.016 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 371 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.727 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 371 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.114 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 371 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 1.911 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 370 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.74 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 370 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.012 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 370 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.832 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 370 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 1.614 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 370 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 1.823 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 370 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.512 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 369 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.618 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 369 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.615 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 369 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.529 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 369 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.933 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 382 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.534 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 382 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.72 km WSW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 382 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.810 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 383 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.13 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 383 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.625 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 383 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.815 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 383 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.821 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 383 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.75 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 383 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.931 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 384 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.54 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 384 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.034 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 385 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.93 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 386 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.616 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 386 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.931 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 386 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.724 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 386 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.54 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 387 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.933 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 387 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.620 km W of Willow, Alaska · 387 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.617 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 387 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away

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