Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 8:41 PM AKST (05:41 UTC), 177 km (110 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 79 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-12-12 05:41:16 UTC
Depth
176.9 km (109.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.909° N, 163.385° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 291 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 291 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.780 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 282 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 280 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.818 km SSE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 279 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.294 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 279 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.876 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 273 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 272 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.642 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 269 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.838 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 264 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 3.223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 264 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.445 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 260 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 255 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.681 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 4.079 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.445 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.431 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.472 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.378 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.056 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.293 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.723 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 249 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 3.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 248 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.255 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 245 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.686 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 245 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 3.18 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 244 days ago · 168 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.451 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 244 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 1.815 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 239 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.519 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 2.151 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 237 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.467 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 235 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.451 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 295 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.075 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 298 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.980 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 301 days ago · 154 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.993 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 301 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.591 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 302 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.895 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 302 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.318 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 303 days ago · 91 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.296 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 304 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.173 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 306 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 307 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 307 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.034 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 308 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 309 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.929 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 310 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.844 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 310 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.388 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 311 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.642 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 311 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.888 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 311 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.849 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 313 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.734 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 313 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rljy (also filed as ak2025yjsvtd). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.