M1.5 earthquake 52 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 2:22 PM AKST

UTC

2026-02-23 23:22:49 UTC

Depth

0.8 km (0.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

63.492° N, 146.138° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.5 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.40

Station coverage gap

52°

Stations used

21

• Fort Greely, AlaskaPopulation 539. Forecast57 kmSSW
• Badger, AlaskaPopulation 19,482. Forecast160 kmSSE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast319 kmNE

After

1. 1.843 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, AlaskaTue, Feb 24, 6:04 AM AKST · 222 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
2. 1.730 km NNE of Paxson, AlaskaWed, Feb 25, 10:38 PM AKST · 220 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
3. 1.870 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaThu, Feb 26, 1:01 AM AKST · 220 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
4. 1.967 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaThu, Feb 26, 7:59 PM AKST · 219 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
5. 1.867 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Feb 27, 4:28 PM AKST · 218 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
6. 1.882 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaSat, Feb 28, 3:37 AM AKST · 218 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
7. 2.255 km E of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Feb 28, 9:28 AM AKST · 218 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
8. 1.648 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, AlaskaSat, Feb 28, 7:32 PM AKST · 217 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
9. 1.574 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaTue, Mar 3, 6:28 PM AKST · 214 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
10. 1.878 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaWed, Mar 4, 11:33 AM AKST · 214 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
11. 1.678 km E of Cantwell, AlaskaSun, Mar 8, 1:29 AM AKST · 210 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
12. 1.654 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, AlaskaSun, Mar 8, 1:05 PM AKDT · 210 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
13. 1.869 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Mar 9, 11:50 AM AKDT · 209 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
14. 1.887 km WNW of Paxson, AlaskaMon, Mar 9, 5:11 PM AKDT · 208 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
15. 2.367 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Mar 11, 6:22 AM AKDT · 207 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
16. 1.640 km SSW of Dry Creek, AlaskaWed, Mar 11, 12:47 PM AKDT · 207 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
17. 2.565 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaSun, Mar 15, 3:41 PM AKDT · 203 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
18. 1.945 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaWed, Mar 18, 10:51 PM AKDT · 199 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
19. 1.554 km ENE of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Mar 20, 5:45 AM AKDT · 198 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
20. 1.569 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Mar 20, 11:12 AM AKDT · 198 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
21. 2.061 km E of Healy, AlaskaMon, Mar 23, 8:20 AM AKDT · 195 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
22. 1.569 km E of Denali Park, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 7:46 AM AKDT · 191 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
23. 2.360 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaSat, Mar 28, 3:26 PM AKDT · 190 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
24. 1.829 km NNE of Paxson, AlaskaMon, Mar 30, 3:43 PM AKDT · 188 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
25. 1.667 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Mar 31, 3:24 PM AKDT · 187 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
26. 1.630 km N of Paxson, AlaskaThu, Apr 2, 10:35 AM AKDT · 185 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
27. 1.640 km E of Denali Park, AlaskaThu, Apr 2, 2:26 PM AKDT · 185 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
28. 1.739 km NW of Mentasta Lake, AlaskaFri, Apr 3, 2:03 AM AKDT · 184 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
29. 1.529 km N of Paxson, AlaskaSun, Apr 5, 6:53 AM AKDT · 182 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
30. 1.967 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaSun, Apr 5, 6:04 PM AKDT · 181 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
31. 1.639 km NE of Paxson, AlaskaMon, Apr 6, 12:25 AM AKDT · 181 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
32. 1.572 km E of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Apr 7, 3:21 PM AKDT · 180 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
33. 1.833 km SSW of Dry Creek, AlaskaFri, Apr 10, 3:16 PM AKDT · 177 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
34. 2.047 km ENE of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Apr 11, 3:22 AM AKDT · 176 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
35. 1.515 km WSW of Fort Greely, AlaskaSat, Apr 11, 11:55 AM AKDT · 176 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
36. 2.365 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Apr 14, 3:15 PM AKDT · 173 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
37. 1.631 km ENE of Paxson, AlaskaTue, Apr 14, 6:13 PM AKDT · 172 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
38. 1.616 km NNW of Whitestone, AlaskaThu, Apr 16, 12:54 PM AKDT · 171 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
39. 1.567 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 1:19 AM AKDT · 170 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
40. 2.131 km NE of Paxson, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 7:03 PM AKDT · 169 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
41. 2.470 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 5:10 AM AKDT · 169 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
42. 1.667 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 2:01 PM AKDT · 169 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
43. 1.670 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 7:48 PM AKDT · 167 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
44. 1.666 km E of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 4:52 PM AKDT · 167 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
45. 2.315 km WSW of Fort Greely, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 8:11 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
46. 1.712 km WSW of Fort Greely, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 12:18 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
47. 1.633 km SSW of Dry Creek, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 7:17 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
48. 1.568 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 3:10 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
49. 1.774 km E of Cantwell, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 2:53 PM AKDT · 164 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away

Before

1. 1.839 km SSW of Dry Creek, AlaskaMon, Feb 23, 1:03 PM AKST · 223 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
2. 1.731 km NE of Paxson, AlaskaMon, Feb 23, 7:46 AM AKST · 223 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
3. 1.982 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaMon, Feb 23, 1:19 AM AKST · 223 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
4. 2.173 km ESE of Denali Park, AlaskaFri, Feb 20, 2:15 PM AKST · 226 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
5. 1.730 km NNE of Paxson, AlaskaWed, Feb 18, 6:21 AM AKST · 228 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
6. 1.670 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Feb 18, 6:20 AM AKST · 228 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
7. 1.669 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Feb 18, 3:13 AM AKST · 228 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
8. 2.029 km NNE of Paxson, AlaskaTue, Feb 17, 1:07 PM AKST · 229 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
9. 1.771 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Feb 17, 5:02 AM AKST · 229 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.529 km NNW of Chistochina, AlaskaMon, Feb 16, 6:28 PM AKST · 229 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
11. 1.929 km SSW of Dry Creek, AlaskaMon, Feb 16, 10:07 AM AKST · 230 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
12. 1.570 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Feb 16, 7:53 AM AKST · 230 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
13. 2.736 km ENE of Paxson, AlaskaSun, Feb 15, 11:09 PM AKST · 230 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
14. 1.976 km E of Cantwell, AlaskaThu, Feb 12, 7:30 AM AKST · 234 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
15. 1.868 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaThu, Feb 12, 6:46 AM AKST · 234 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
16. 1.777 km E of Cantwell, AlaskaThu, Feb 12, 1:31 AM AKST · 234 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
17. 1.553 km ENE of Cantwell, AlaskaThu, Feb 12, 1:26 AM AKST · 234 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
18. 1.941 km ENE of Paxson, AlaskaThu, Feb 12, 12:43 AM AKST · 234 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
19. 2.333 km NE of Paxson, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 9:22 PM AKST · 235 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
20. 1.869 km ESE of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 5:19 AM AKST · 236 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026dvbzmr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.