M1.7 earthquake 9 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska on Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 12:23 PM AKST (21:23 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-29 21:23:52 UTC
- Depth
- 55.6 km (34.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.615° N, 151.107° 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
- 44
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.515 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 610 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 610 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.710 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 610 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.741 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 610 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Beluga, Alaska · 610 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 610 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.62 km E of Cohoe, Alaska · 610 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 609 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 609 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.318 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 609 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 609 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.834 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 609 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 609 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 609 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.838 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 609 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.61 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 609 days ago · 59 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.934 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 609 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.653 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 609 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.921 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 609 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 608 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.62 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 608 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 608 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 608 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.516 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 608 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.914 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 608 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.526 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 608 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.464 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 607 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.510 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 607 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 607 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 607 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 606 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 606 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 606 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 605 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.631 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 605 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 605 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.035 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 605 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.04 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 605 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 604 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.125 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 604 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1,387 · tsunami flag
- 1.623 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 604 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 604 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 604 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 604 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.215 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 604 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 603 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.219 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 603 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 3.018 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 603 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 603 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 603 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.860 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 603 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 603 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.420 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 602 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 1.93 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 602 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.726 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 602 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 602 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.726 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 602 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.241 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 601 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.916 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 601 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.335 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 601 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.611 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 610 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.618 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 611 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 611 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 611 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.026 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 611 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.122 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 611 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 611 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.619 km W of Hope, Alaska · 611 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.119 km W of Hope, Alaska · 611 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.658 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 611 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.544 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 611 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.610 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 611 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 611 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.827 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 611 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 612 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 612 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.214 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 612 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 612 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 612 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.511 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 612 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
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