M2.9 earthquake 7 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska on Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 7:11 PM AKDT (03:11 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 30 km ESE of Kasilof, 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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.037 · 98 stations

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 181.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025d3e0lhr (also filed as us6000rgnt). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC.