Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska on Mon, May 5, 2025, 1:10 AM AKDT (09:10 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 28 km SW of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-05 09:10:39 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.682° N, 149.422° 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.

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: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.528 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 518 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.73 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 517 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.828 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 516 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 44 · tsunami flag
  4. 2.029 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 516 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.95 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 516 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.129 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 515 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.927 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 514 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.428 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 514 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.78 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 514 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.924 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 513 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.96 km WSW of Wasilla, Alaska · 511 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.112 km SSE of Wasilla, Alaska · 511 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 45
  13. 1.518 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 510 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.834 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 510 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.221 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 509 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.96 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 509 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.525 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 508 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 508 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.622 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 507 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.610 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 506 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.256 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 505 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 504 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.56 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 503 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.95 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 503 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.55 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 503 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.810 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 502 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 502 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.611 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 501 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 501 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.610 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 500 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.444 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 500 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 500 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.038 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 500 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.017 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 500 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 1.57 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 500 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.717 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 499 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.56 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 499 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.628 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 497 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.025 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 497 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.713 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 497 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.54 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 497 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.643 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 497 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 1.518 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 497 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.557 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 496 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.81 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 496 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.523 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 495 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 2.121 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 494 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 494 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.89 km S of Gateway, Alaska · 493 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.18 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 493 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.011 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 492 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 490 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  53. 1.512 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 489 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.844 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 488 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 1.68 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 488 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 1.79 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 487 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.835 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 487 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 2.114 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 486 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 1.86 km WSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 486 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 2.714 km ENE of Primrose, Alaska · 485 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 1.617 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 518 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.632 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 518 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.622 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 519 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.829 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 520 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.515 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 520 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.717 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 520 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.127 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 521 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.520 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 521 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.129 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 522 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.43 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 522 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.612 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 522 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 522 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.711 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 522 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 522 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.028 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 523 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.828 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 523 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.629 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 523 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.429 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 523 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.028 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 523 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.729 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 523 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0255qvlibz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC.