Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 225 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 225 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 1:29 PM AKST (22:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 242 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-02-14 22:29:50 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.002° N, 162.024° 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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
240°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 592 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.9212 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 592 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.9200 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 591 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.2222 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 590 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.9137 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 588 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.0230 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 587 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.7202 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 587 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.3242 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 586 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.4145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 585 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.4169 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 582 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.8199 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 581 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.7217 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 580 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.9182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 575 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.9183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 573 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.2220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 569 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 3.2216 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 567 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.7164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 562 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.8197 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.7190 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.6226 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 547 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.5183 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 540 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.6224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 536 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 2.9204 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 592 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 3.6209 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 592 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.9151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 592 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.6146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 594 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.7190 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.4262 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 597 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.1229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 609 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000py0t (also filed as ak02522sgh2y). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC.