Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 98 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 98 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 12:49 AM AKDT (08:49 UTC), 42 km (26 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-08-24 08:49:23 UTC
Depth
41.9 km (26.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.073° N, 164.136° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.577 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 401 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.8127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 401 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.693 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 401 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.475 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.784 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.923 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 398 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.535 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 395 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.652 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 395 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 393 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.893 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 393 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.661 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 392 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.885 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 392 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.033 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 392 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 391 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.496 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 390 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.327 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 387 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.235 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 384 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.027 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 380 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.513 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 379 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.658 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 377 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.549 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.851 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 375 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.549 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 373 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.551 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 372 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 3.396 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 366 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.617 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 358 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.647 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 356 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 4.0125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 354 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 3.752 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 353 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.817 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 352 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.260 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 347 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.641 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 346 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 2.0133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 402 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.688 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 402 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 402 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 402 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 403 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.083 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 403 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.795 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 403 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.784 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 404 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.183 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 405 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.2162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 406 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 406 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.917 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 408 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.8111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 408 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 3.5112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 410 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 410 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 411 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.395 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 411 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 411 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.2150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 411 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.051 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 412 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025aufvx94. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC.