Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 49 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 49 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 1:31 AM AKST (10:31 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 89 km E of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-11-21 10:31:30 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.774° N, 164.165° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
305°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.642 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 311 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.388 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 311 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.844 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 310 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 1.929 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 310 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 309 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 307 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 307 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.173 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 306 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.255 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 306 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.081 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 305 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.318 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 303 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.980 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 301 days ago · 154 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 300 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 3.075 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 298 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.448 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 298 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.0105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 296 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.472 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 295 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.451 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 295 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.285 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 292 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.56 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 292 days ago · 177 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.780 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 282 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 280 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 280 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.876 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 273 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.264 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 272 days ago · 115 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 272 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.176 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 271 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 3.489 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 270 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.838 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 264 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 264 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.445 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 260 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 258 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 257 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.7103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.345 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 254 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.445 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.431 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.734 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 313 days ago · 112 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.760 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 314 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.7106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 315 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.644 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 317 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.543 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 320 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.547 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 321 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.5105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 321 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 321 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.775 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 322 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.645 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 323 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 3.836 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 332 days ago · 189 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.651 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 332 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93900741. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC.