Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 46 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 12:49 AM AKDT (08:49 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 91 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-08-09 08:49:44 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.635° N, 162.800° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.574 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 415 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.778 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 415 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.839 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 415 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.551 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 414 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.936 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 414 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.579 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 413 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 413 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 412 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.051 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 412 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 411 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.633 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 410 days ago · 149 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.929 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 410 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.127 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 410 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 3.5112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 410 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.729 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 409 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.917 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 408 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 406 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.788 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 406 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 406 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 406 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 406 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.476 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 405 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.948 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 405 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.631 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 405 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.142 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 404 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.582 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 403 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.083 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 403 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 403 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.149 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 402 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 401 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.577 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 401 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.532 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 401 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 1.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 401 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.748 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 400 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 3.475 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 3.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 399 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.923 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 398 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 3.235 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 396 days ago · 198 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 2.652 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 395 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.650 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 395 days ago · 63 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 2.170 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 395 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 1.971 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 395 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 393 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.226 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 393 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.373 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 393 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.630 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 393 days ago · 150 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.947 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 393 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 392 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.033 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 392 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 2.463 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 391 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 3.791 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 390 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.327 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 387 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.235 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 384 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.027 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 380 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 1.513 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 379 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.658 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 377 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.549 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.851 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 375 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.549 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 373 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.046 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 372 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 2.154 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 417 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.860 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 418 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 418 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 419 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.150 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 419 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.545 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 419 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 420 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.943 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 420 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.068 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 420 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.112 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 421 days ago · 144 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.184 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 421 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 422 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.268 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 423 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.087 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 423 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.752 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 423 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.751 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 424 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 424 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.513 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 424 days ago · 218 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.6103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 425 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.482 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 425 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025a5mtri3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC.