Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 21 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 21 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 4:29 AM AKDT (12:29 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 51 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 4:29 AM AKDT
UTC: 2025-06-16 12:29:39 UTC
Depth: 96.0 km (59.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.708° N, 163.629° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 6.7 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 155°
Stations used: 12

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast93 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 196.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000q9nx (also filed as ak0257oe2gmg). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC.