Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 85 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 85 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, May 26, 2025, 4:44 AM AKDT (12:44 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 141 km S of False Pass, 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
2025-05-26 12:44:05 UTC
Depth
49.3 km (30.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.943° N, 164.517° 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.

Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 494 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.638 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 494 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.292 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 494 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 494 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.763 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 494 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.4132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 494 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.837 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 494 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 493 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 493 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.317 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 493 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.369 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 493 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.490 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 492 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.844 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 492 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.968 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 491 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.7121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 491 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.183 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 491 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.250 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.551 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.638 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.743 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.641 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.837 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.999 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 490 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.017 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 489 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.963 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 489 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 4.6141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 489 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 3.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 489 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 488 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.7164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.1112 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 487 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.0104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 485 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 485 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.7129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 484 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.636 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 484 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.889 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 484 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 484 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.582 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 484 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 483 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 1.575 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 483 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.978 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 483 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 1.998 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 483 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.550 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 483 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.1102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 482 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.983 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 482 days ago · -2 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.2105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 482 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 482 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 1.984 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 481 days ago · 52 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 1.895 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 481 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.654 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 480 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 480 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.031 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 480 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 3.9110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 480 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 3.2114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 480 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 479 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 2.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 479 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 479 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.926 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 479 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.926 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 479 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 2.088 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 495 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.787 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 495 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 495 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.988 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 495 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.171 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 496 days ago · 65 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 2.548 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 496 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.7143 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 496 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 496 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.3155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 497 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.234 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.739 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 497 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.5142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.1140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 3.0122 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.9142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.3135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.753 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 497 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.4131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.5125 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 497 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0256pnvbbr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC.