Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 17 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska on Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 10:15 PM AKDT (06:15 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.4 31 km SSE of Minto, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-10-30 06:15:36 UTC
Depth
15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.472° N, 147.236° 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
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.753 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 338 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.416 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 338 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.642 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 337 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.014 km E of Fox, Alaska · 337 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.77 km SSE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 337 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.68 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 335 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.728 km E of Healy, Alaska · 335 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.533 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 334 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.57 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 334 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.910 km NNE of Ferry, Alaska · 332 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.24 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 331 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 16
  12. 1.916 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 331 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.67 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 331 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.512 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 330 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.73 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 330 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.68 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 327 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.64 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 326 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.531 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 325 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.615 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 325 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.515 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 325 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 3.11 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 17
  22. 1.83 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 1.52 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 1.62 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.819 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 324 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 1.523 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 323 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.512 km E of Fox, Alaska · 322 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.44 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 321 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 1.610 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 321 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 1.79 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 320 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.083 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 318 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.69 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 318 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.521 km E of Healy, Alaska · 318 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.611 km ENE of Badger, Alaska · 313 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 2.418 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 313 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.634 km E of Clear, Alaska · 313 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 2.214 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 312 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.714 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 312 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.025 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 311 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.68 km SE of Salcha, Alaska · 308 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.516 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 308 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 1.614 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 306 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.814 km E of Healy, Alaska · 304 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 304 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 1.549 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 303 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.330 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 302 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.714 km SSW of Badger, Alaska · 301 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.528 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 301 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.712 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 299 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.543 km E of Clear, Alaska · 298 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.05 km WSW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 297 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.53 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 294 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 1.57 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 294 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 1.510 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 293 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 3.235 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 293 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 19
  57. 1.629 km W of Ester, Alaska · 293 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 2.323 km E of Healy, Alaska · 291 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.512 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 289 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.58 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 289 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 3.342 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 339 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.029 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 341 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.641 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 343 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 344 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.54 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 344 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 1.73 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 345 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.64 km NE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 347 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.531 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 347 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.747 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 348 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.15 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 348 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 9
  11. 1.94 km NNE of Badger, Alaska · 348 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.88 km N of North Pole, Alaska · 349 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.016 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 352 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.96 km W of Nenana, Alaska · 352 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.63 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 353 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.58 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 355 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.848 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 356 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.224 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 356 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.110 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska · 359 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.910 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska · 359 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025dx7i1ts. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC.