Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 3 km S of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 3 km S of Salcha, Alaska on Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 12:59 PM AKDT (20:59 UTC), 1 km (1 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-10-15 20:59:23 UTC
Depth
1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.490° N, 146.898° 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: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.88 km N of North Pole, Alaska · 349 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.94 km NNE of Badger, Alaska · 349 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.15 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 348 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 9
  4. 1.747 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 348 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.64 km NE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 347 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.73 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 346 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.54 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 345 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 344 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.641 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 343 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.029 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 342 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.342 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 339 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.817 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 339 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.753 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 339 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.642 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 337 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.014 km E of Fox, Alaska · 337 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.77 km SSE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 337 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.728 km E of Healy, Alaska · 335 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.533 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 334 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.57 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 334 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.24 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 332 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 16
  21. 1.67 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 331 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 1.512 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 330 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.73 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 330 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.68 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 327 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.64 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 327 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  26. 3.11 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 325 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 17
  27. 1.83 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 325 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 1.52 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 325 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 1.62 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 325 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 325 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 1.819 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 325 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.523 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 1.512 km E of Fox, Alaska · 322 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.44 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 322 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 1.610 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 321 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 1.79 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 320 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.083 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 319 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.611 km ENE of Badger, Alaska · 314 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.634 km E of Clear, Alaska · 313 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.68 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 309 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 1.516 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 308 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 304 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 1.549 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 304 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.714 km SSW of Badger, Alaska · 301 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 1.528 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 301 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.712 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 299 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.543 km E of Clear, Alaska · 298 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.05 km WSW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 298 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 294 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  50. 1.57 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 294 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 1.510 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 294 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 1.58 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 355 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.848 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 356 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.224 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 356 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.110 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska · 359 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.910 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska · 359 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
  6. 1.82 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 360 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.511 km N of Ester, Alaska · 360 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.637 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 360 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 361 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.42 km W of South Van Horn, Alaska · 363 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.63 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 363 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.529 km NW of Ester, Alaska · 364 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.513 km WNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 365 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.92 km NNW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 368 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.52 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 370 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.614 km NE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 370 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.64 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 370 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.93 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 371 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.73 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 371 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.63 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 371 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025d8n1bdb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC.