Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 44 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 44 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska on Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 2:26 PM AKST (23:26 UTC), 163 km (101 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 58 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-11-20 23:26:29 UTC
Depth
162.9 km (101.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.485° N, 162.254° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
139°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.929 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 310 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.261 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 308 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.034 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 308 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 3.558 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 306 days ago · 164 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.349 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 303 days ago · 154 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.318 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 303 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.560 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 296 days ago · 177 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.424 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 294 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.026 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 293 days ago · 161 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.56 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 292 days ago · 177 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 291 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 280 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.818 km SSE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 279 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.859 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 276 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.455 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 271 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.642 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 269 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.45 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 265 days ago · 153 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 3.223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 264 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.948 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 263 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.342 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 2.263 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 315 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.614 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 321 days ago · 104 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.836 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 332 days ago · 189 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rf07 (also filed as ak2025wwsejt). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.