M3.3 earthquake 81 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 81 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:18 PM AKST (23:18 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.3	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.085 · 18 stations
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 166.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pehx (also filed as ak025shxr8v). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.