Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 27 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 27 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska on Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:54 PM AKDT (02:54 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km SE of Glacier View, 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
2025-09-18 02:54:54 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.228° N, 146.810° 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: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.537 km SSE of Mendeltna, Alaska · 381 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.556 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 380 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.819 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 379 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 379 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.516 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 379 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.518 km SSW of Nelchina, Alaska · 378 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.515 km N of Tatitlek, Alaska · 376 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 373 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.647 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 372 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 372 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 372 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.956 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 371 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.734 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 371 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.448 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 371 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 3.364 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 369 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.556 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 369 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 369 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.727 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 369 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.526 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 368 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.033 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 367 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.844 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 367 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.241 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 366 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 3.019 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 365 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.511 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 365 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 2.046 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 363 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 1.559 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 362 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.648 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 362 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 1.548 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 362 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 362 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.960 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 362 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.553 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 361 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.557 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 361 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.639 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 361 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.523 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 361 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 1.631 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 360 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 1.756 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 359 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.544 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 359 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.611 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 359 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 1.539 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 358 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.535 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 358 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 3.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 358 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.645 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 358 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 2.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 358 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.537 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 358 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.044 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 358 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.644 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 357 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.143 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 356 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.936 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 355 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 1.744 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 355 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 1.647 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 355 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.016 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 355 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.647 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 355 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.939 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 355 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 1.536 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 355 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 355 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 4.013 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 354 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 22
  57. 1.549 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 354 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 1.562 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 354 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 2.256 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 353 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 2.253 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 353 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 1.655 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 381 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.618 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 383 days ago · 66 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.526 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 384 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.031 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 384 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 385 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.734 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 385 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.748 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 386 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.656 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 386 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.78 km S of Mendeltna, Alaska · 386 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.622 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 387 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.034 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 387 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 388 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.632 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 389 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.315 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 389 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.735 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 390 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.642 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 390 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.811 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 391 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.658 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 391 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.440 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 391 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.637 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 391 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away

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