Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km S of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km S of Point Possession, Alaska on Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 4:15 PM AKST (01:15 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M6.0 12 km WNW of Susitna, 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
2025-11-13 01:15:19 UTC
Depth
34.3 km (21.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.883° N, 150.699° 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
20

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 140 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.88 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 325 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.710 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 325 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.510 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 324 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 324 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.710 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 324 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.18 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 324 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.92 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 324 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.62 km S of Beluga, Alaska · 324 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.910 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 324 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.046 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 324 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.768 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 324 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.565 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 324 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.723 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 324 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.520 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 324 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.821 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 324 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.612 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 324 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 2.111 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 324 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.510 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 324 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.82 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 324 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 2.02 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 324 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.015 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 324 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.214 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 324 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 1.910 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 324 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.29 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 324 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.78 km NNE of Eagle River, Alaska · 324 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.912 km W of Houston, Alaska · 323 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.612 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 323 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.726 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.56 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.520 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.625 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 322 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 322 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 1.929 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 322 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 1.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.138 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 322 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.917 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 321 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.824 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 321 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.64 km ENE of Knik, Alaska · 321 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.66 km S of Houston, Alaska · 321 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.626 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 321 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 1.78 km S of Houston, Alaska · 321 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.023 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 321 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.510 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 321 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.919 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 321 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 1.725 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 321 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 1.715 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 321 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.14 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 320 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 320 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.08 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 320 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 1.97 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 319 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.828 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 319 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.758 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 319 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.813 km W of Hope, Alaska · 319 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.523 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 319 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.331 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 318 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 1.721 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 318 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.69 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 318 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.123 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 318 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.77 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 318 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.918 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 325 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.68 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 325 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.53 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 325 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.641 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 325 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.716 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 325 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 209
  6. 1.831 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 326 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.837 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 326 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.143 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 326 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.320 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 326 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.518 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 326 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.829 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 326 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.715 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 326 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 326 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.746 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 327 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.613 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 327 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.727 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 327 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.824 km W of Hope, Alaska · 327 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.654 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 327 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.06 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 328 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.921 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 328 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025eka1peu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.