M1.9 earthquake 10 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 10 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 7, 2025, 6:53 PM AKDT (02:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 51 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.83	ML, local (Richter)	AV	Final · ±0.30755344098363 · 17 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 156 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 87.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0258om2xsm (also filed as av93661681). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC.