Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 29 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 29 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 1:14 PM AKDT (21:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 28 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-09-12 21:14:02 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.337° N, 145.387° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.730 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.728 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.829 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.928 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 385 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.729 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 384 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.828 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 384 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.328 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 380 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.728 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 380 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.171 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 379 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.628 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 378 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.841 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 378 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.728 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.545 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 375 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.831 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 373 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.65 km ESE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 371 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.629 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 371 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.527 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 370 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.633 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 370 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.833 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 369 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.136 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 368 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.634 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 368 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 1.779 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 368 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.229 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 367 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 1.522 km N of Gakona, Alaska · 366 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.843 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 365 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 1.540 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 364 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 1.528 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 364 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 1.829 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 364 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.827 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 360 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 1.628 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 358 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 1.936 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 358 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.629 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 357 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 1.734 km SW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 356 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 2.437 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 351 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.631 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 349 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 1.583 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 348 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.827 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 348 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.076 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 346 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.642 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 337 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.135 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 335 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 1.632 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 331 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 1.737 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 331 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 1.73 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 330 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.543 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 329 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 3.834 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 386 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.933 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 387 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.931 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 390 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.624 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 392 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.528 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 394 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.729 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.227 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.429 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.972 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 395 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.870 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 395 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 396 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.631 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 397 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.748 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 398 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.528 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 399 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.650 km WSW of Whitestone, Alaska · 405 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025bq2mlu2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.