Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 42 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 9:38 AM AKDT (17:38 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 15 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-10-30 17:38:56 UTC
Depth
33.7 km (21.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.648° N, 150.328° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
204°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.054 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 338 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 3.139 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 338 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.242 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 337 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.05 km ENE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 337 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.410 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 337 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.06 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 337 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.28 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 337 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.451 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 337 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.539 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 337 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.09 km W of Crown Point, Alaska · 337 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.741 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 337 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.361 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 336 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.52 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 335 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.616 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 334 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.123 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 333 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.744 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 333 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.124 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 332 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.126 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 332 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.916 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 331 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.447 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 331 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 1.712 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 329 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 329 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.921 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 328 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.145 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 328 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 1.510 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 328 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.134 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 328 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 1.613 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 327 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.915 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 327 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.18 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 326 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.85 km W of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 325 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.611 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 325 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.26 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 325 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.611 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 325 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.810 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 325 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.510 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 325 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 325 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.499 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 325 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.712 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 325 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 2.09 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 325 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 1.510 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 324 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.79 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 324 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.734 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 324 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 1.89 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 324 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.130 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 322 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.023 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 322 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.69 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 319 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.123 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 319 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.77 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 319 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.425 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 319 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 2.448 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 319 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.115 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 318 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.13 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 317 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 2.619 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 316 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.123 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 316 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.130 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 316 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 1.91 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 315 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 3.19 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 315 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.04 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 315 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 3.415 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 314 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  60. 1.68 km NNE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 314 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 5.448 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 339 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2,179 · tsunami flag
  2. 2.67 km WSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 340 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.814 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 343 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.315 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 343 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.030 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 348 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.05 km E of Kachemak, Alaska · 349 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.114 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 350 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.728 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 350 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.86 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 350 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.047 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 350 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.57 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 351 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.837 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 351 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.017 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 353 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.513 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 354 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.97 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 355 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.139 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 355 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.129 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 355 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.427 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 356 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.230 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 356 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 62
  20. 1.925 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 357 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away

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