Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 13 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 13 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska on Sat, May 25, 2019, 5:25 PM AKDT (01:25 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 18 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, May 25, 2019, 5:25 PM AKDT
UTC: 2019-05-26 01:25:28 UTC
Depth: 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 60.480° N, 149.126° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 2
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.3% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -2.7 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 73

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 64.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0196ph7iof (also filed as us60003s8s). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC.