Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 12:10 PM AKDT (20:10 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 12:10 PM AKDT
UTC: 2025-03-20 20:10:15 UTC
Depth: 29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.858° N, 163.907° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 36

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast126 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 141.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pmtt (also filed as ak0253mzf9k2). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC.