Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 93 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 93 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 7:18 PM AKDT (03:18 UTC), 12 km (8 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-21 03:18:02 UTC
Depth
12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.210° N, 162.494° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.713 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 532 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.611 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 532 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.79 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 532 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 532 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.415 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 532 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.616 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 532 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.995 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 532 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.612 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 531 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 531 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.952 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 531 days ago · 54 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.511 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 531 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.972 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 530 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.752 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 530 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.184 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 530 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.970 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 529 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.748 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 529 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.513 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.929 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.019 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 528 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 527 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.085 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 527 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 526 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.268 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 526 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.2129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 526 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 526 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 526 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.058 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 525 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.887 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 525 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.479 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 524 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.8116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 524 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.012 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 524 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.347 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 523 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 523 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.3101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 523 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 523 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 522 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 521 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.642 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 520 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 518 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.234 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 518 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 3.575 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.226 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 517 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 3.3145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 3.1152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 517 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.784 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 516 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.673 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 516 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.814 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.038 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 515 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.856 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 515 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 3.173 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 515 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 515 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.978 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 514 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 2.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 514 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 513 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 513 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 2.998 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 513 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.460 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 513 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 190.

Before

  1. 2.893 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 532 days ago · 35 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.181 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 532 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 533 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 533 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.769 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 533 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.912 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 533 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 533 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.914 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 534 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.611 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 534 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 534 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 534 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.62 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 534 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 534 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.610 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 534 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.810 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 535 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 3.771 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 535 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.778 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 535 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 535 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.813 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 536 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.0113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 538 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02553mjoqh. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.