M3.5 earthquake 126 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 126 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska on Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 3:47 AM HADT (12:47 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 113 km SSW of Nikolski, 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
3.5	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.149 · 11 stations
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q6wp (also filed as ak0253v4ki12). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC.