Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 51 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 51 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Wed, May 7, 2025, 1:50 PM AKDT (21:50 UTC), 164 km (102 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 38 km NNE of King Cove, 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
2025-05-07 21:50:37 UTC
Depth
163.8 km (101.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.757° N, 161.909° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 5.7 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.318 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 511 days ago · 164 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.141 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 511 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.856 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 510 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.847 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 510 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.821 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 505 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.56 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.754 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 502 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.042 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 499 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.360 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 499 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.914 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 498 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.413 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 498 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.144 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 496 days ago · 167 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.723 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 496 days ago · 142 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.032 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 495 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.718 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 494 days ago · 175 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.746 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 491 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.054 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 491 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.449 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 488 days ago · 160 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.821 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 487 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.714 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 482 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.922 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 481 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.931 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 481 days ago · 134 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.819 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 480 days ago · 156 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.660 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 472 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 1.861 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 472 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.962 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 464 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.960 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 463 days ago · 117 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 2.742 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 461 days ago · 173 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 2.353 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 458 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.142 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 457 days ago · 141 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 2.938 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 455 days ago · 163 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.226 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 516 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.531 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 518 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.532 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 522 days ago · 139 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.012 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 523 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.862 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 525 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.829 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 525 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.229 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 526 days ago · 154 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.144 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 528 days ago · 176 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.841 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 528 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.10 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 529 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.714 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 530 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.616 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 530 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.415 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 530 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.958 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 531 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.038 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 534 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.027 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 539 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.725 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 539 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 540 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.852 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 540 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.741 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 541 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pzpy (also filed as ak0255ue1yy9). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.