Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 40 km W of Clear, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 40 km W of Clear, Alaska on Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 2:45 PM AKST (23:45 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 36 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-01-17 23:45:18 UTC
Depth
25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.242° N, 150.021° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 4.7 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.746 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 258 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.658 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 258 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 257 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.515 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 257 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.556 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 257 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.847 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 256 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.563 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 256 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.751 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 256 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.617 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 256 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.754 km W of Clear, Alaska · 254 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.018 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 251 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.215 km SSW of Clear, Alaska · 250 days ago · 136 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.935 km W of Clear, Alaska · 249 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.632 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 248 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.031 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 248 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.914 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 248 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.822 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 248 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.853 km NE of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 246 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.713 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 245 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.827 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 244 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.024 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 244 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.742 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 243 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.614 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 243 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.818 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 243 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.536 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 243 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.218 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 243 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.938 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 242 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.642 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 242 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.451 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 241 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.620 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 241 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.142 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 240 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.517 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 240 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 2.030 km ENE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 239 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.735 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 237 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 1.522 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 237 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.521 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 237 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.534 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 235 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.957 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 234 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 1.514 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 234 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 1.768 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 234 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.620 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 233 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.915 km W of Healy, Alaska · 233 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.857 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 233 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.051 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 233 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.810 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 232 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.029 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 232 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 2.318 km W of Healy, Alaska · 232 days ago · 114 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.816 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 231 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 1.615 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 231 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.55 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 231 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 1.621 km E of Healy, Alaska · 229 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.742 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 229 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.666 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 228 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.528 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 227 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.812 km E of Healy, Alaska · 226 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.622 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 226 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.860 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 225 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 1.911 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 225 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.769 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 224 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.958 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 223 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 2.073 km NE of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 259 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.736 km E of Healy, Alaska · 259 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.146 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 259 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.713 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 259 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.348 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 260 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.618 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 261 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.448 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 261 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.111 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 261 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.723 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 263 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.941 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 263 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.946 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 263 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.033 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 264 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.813 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 264 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.344 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 264 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.955 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 265 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.88 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 265 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.629 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 265 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.517 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 265 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.816 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 265 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.964 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 265 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026bfewhk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.