M2.5 earthquake 45 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 45 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 11:13 PM AKST (08:13 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 28 km ESE of Halibut Cove, 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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.2 · 16 stations
1.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.069 · 28 stations

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: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 117.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2025znhmow (also filed as us7000s3ax). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC.