Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 4:04 PM AKDT (00:04 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-08-18 00:04:47 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.910° N, 163.995° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.917 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 408 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.8130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 406 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 406 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.2162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 406 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.183 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 405 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.784 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 404 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.795 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 403 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.083 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 403 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 403 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 402 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 402 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.688 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 402 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.0133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 402 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 402 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.6126 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 401 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.577 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 401 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.8127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 401 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.693 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 401 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 3.475 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.784 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.923 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 398 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 3.535 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 395 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.652 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 395 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 393 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.893 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 393 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.661 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 393 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.885 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 393 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.033 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 392 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 392 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 3.496 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 390 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.327 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 387 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 2.235 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 384 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.027 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 380 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.513 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 379 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.658 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 378 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.549 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.549 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 373 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.551 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 372 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 3.396 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 367 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 1.617 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 358 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.647 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 356 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 4.0125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 354 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 3.752 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 354 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.817 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 352 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 3.5112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 410 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 410 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 411 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.395 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 411 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 412 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.2150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 412 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.051 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 412 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.6160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 412 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.3159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.840 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 413 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.8160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 3.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 3.2158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.6162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.6161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 3.2156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 413 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.6159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 414 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 3.1155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 414 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away

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