Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 63 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, May 31, 2025, 6:41 AM AKDT (14:41 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 141 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-05-31 14:41:37 UTC
Depth
69.6 km (43.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.319° N, 163.745° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 11.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 486 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 486 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.592 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 486 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 485 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.637 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 483 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.570 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 483 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.039 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 483 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.517 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 483 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.152 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 482 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.0104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 482 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 482 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.7129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 481 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 481 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.889 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 480 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 480 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 480 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.912 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 480 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.550 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 479 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.872 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 479 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.983 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 479 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 2.2105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 479 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 479 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 1.984 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 478 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.895 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 477 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.654 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 477 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 477 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 3.9110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 476 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.646 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 476 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 3.2114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 476 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 475 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.926 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 475 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 1.844 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 475 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.926 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 475 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 1.749 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 475 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 1.630 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 475 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 1.728 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 475 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 2.071 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 474 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.722 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 474 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.716 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 474 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.3116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 474 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.616 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 472 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.086 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 471 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.497 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 470 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 1.875 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 470 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.521 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 470 days ago · 96 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 1.676 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 470 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 1.678 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 470 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.677 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 470 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 1.775 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 470 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 469 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.0111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 469 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 3.144 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 469 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.647 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 469 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.788 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 469 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.042 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 469 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.545 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 469 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.957 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 468 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.674 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 468 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.547 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 468 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.547 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 468 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.999 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 487 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.837 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.815 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.733 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.641 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 1.743 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.638 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.551 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.250 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 487 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.692 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 487 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.7121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 487 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.968 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 487 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.038 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 488 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 3.048 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 488 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.837 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 490 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qigq (also filed as ak0256xyqcc6). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.