Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 3 km S of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 3 km S of Salcha, Alaska on Tue, Oct 7, 2025, 1:56 PM AKDT (21:56 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.3 42 km E of Denali Park, 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
2025-10-07 21:56:34 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.492° N, 146.889° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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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: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.637 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 359 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.511 km N of Ester, Alaska · 359 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.82 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 359 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.910 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska · 358 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.110 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska · 358 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.224 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 355 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.848 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 355 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.58 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 354 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.63 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 352 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.88 km N of North Pole, Alaska · 348 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.94 km NNE of Badger, Alaska · 348 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.15 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 347 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 9
  13. 1.747 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 347 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.64 km NE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 346 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.73 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 344 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 1.54 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 344 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 343 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.641 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 342 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.029 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 341 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 3.342 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 338 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.817 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 338 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 1.753 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 338 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.642 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 336 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.014 km E of Fox, Alaska · 336 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.77 km SSE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 336 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 1.728 km E of Healy, Alaska · 334 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.533 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 333 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.57 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 333 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 3.24 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 331 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 16
  30. 1.67 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 330 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.512 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 329 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.73 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 329 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.68 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 326 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 1.64 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 325 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 3.11 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 17
  36. 1.83 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  37. 1.52 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 1.62 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 1.819 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 323 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 1.523 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 323 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.512 km E of Fox, Alaska · 321 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.44 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 321 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 1.610 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 320 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.79 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 319 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 2.083 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 318 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.611 km ENE of Badger, Alaska · 313 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 1.634 km E of Clear, Alaska · 312 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.68 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 307 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 1.516 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 307 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 303 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 1.549 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 303 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.714 km SSW of Badger, Alaska · 300 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 2.42 km W of South Van Horn, Alaska · 361 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  2. 1.63 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 362 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.529 km NW of Ester, Alaska · 362 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.513 km WNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 364 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.92 km NNW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 367 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.52 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 369 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.614 km NE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 369 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.64 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 369 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.93 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 370 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.73 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 370 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.63 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 370 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.62 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 372 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.40 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 372 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  14. 1.73 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 373 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.84 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 373 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.03 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 373 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.93 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 373 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.43 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 373 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 373 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.01 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 373 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025cvfbcqg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.