Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 181 km SE of Cordova, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 181 km SE of Cordova, Alaska on Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 12:23 PM AKDT (20:23 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 128 km SSW of McCarthy, 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
2025-09-25 20:23:34 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.592° N, 143.119° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 369 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.8109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 369 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.6117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 367 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.8155 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 354 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.8110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 352 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.8124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 346 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.2126 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 345 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.8183 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska · 340 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.7116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 338 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.0106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 337 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.6122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 331 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.9117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 327 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.6128 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 326 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.0120 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 323 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.6120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 323 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.9120 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 321 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.6111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 318 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 318 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 318 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.9114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 2.2112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.6114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.6112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.5115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.7113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.7114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.0124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.9127 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 3.0128 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.7112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.8113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 314 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.9112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 314 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.6112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 314 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.5117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 314 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 3.1116 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 380 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.0109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 381 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.7127 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 389 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.7115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 398 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.6112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 402 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025cbk2olx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.