Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 65 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Sun, May 18, 2025, 4:36 PM AKDT (00:36 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 25 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-19 00:36:47 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.318° N, 152.247° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.035 · 106 stations
2.25ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.116820852346643 · 11 stations

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
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.525 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 502 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.620 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 502 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.633 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 501 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.541 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 501 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.841 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 501 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.675 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 500 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.611 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 500 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.843 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 500 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.634 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 500 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.537 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 499 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 499 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.463 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 499 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.037 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 499 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.541 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 499 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 3.141 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 498 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.539 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 497 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.532 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 497 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.131 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 496 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.561 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 496 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.838 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 495 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.165 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 495 days ago · 117 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.81 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 494 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 494 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.731 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 493 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.642 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 493 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.538 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 493 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 1.848 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 492 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 1.529 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 492 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.65 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 491 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.127 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 491 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.18 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 491 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.735 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 491 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.830 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 491 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.565 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 490 days ago · 93 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.130 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 490 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 1.942 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 488 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.512 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 488 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.89 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 488 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.537 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 488 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.042 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 487 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.555 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 486 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 1.743 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 486 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 1.823 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 486 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.223 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 486 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.956 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 486 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 3.215 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 486 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 1.627 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 486 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 485 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 1.763 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 485 days ago · 122 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 1.646 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 485 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 485 days ago · 108 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.482 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 485 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.736 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 485 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 1.934 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 485 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.655 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 485 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 484 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.829 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 484 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 2.23 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 483 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.610 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 483 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 1.616 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 483 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.867 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 503 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.636 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 504 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.660 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 504 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.535 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 504 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.752 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 505 days ago · 99 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 505 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.758 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 506 days ago · 119 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.626 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 506 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.963 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 506 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.168 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 506 days ago · 133 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.27 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 506 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.321 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 506 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.726 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 506 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.237 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 506 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.64 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 506 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.637 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 507 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 507 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.924 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 507 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.838 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 507 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.725 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 508 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0256dvx21c (also filed as av93611406, us7000q030). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.