Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Fri, Feb 21, 2025, 3:39 AM AKST (12:39 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 20 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-21 12:39:59 UTC
Depth
36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.388° N, 150.071° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
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)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.031 · 136 stations

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
90

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 157 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 587 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.68 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 587 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.820 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 587 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.921 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 587 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.99 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 587 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.85 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 587 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.621 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 586 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.26 km S of Houston, Alaska · 586 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.610 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 586 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.815 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 586 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.221 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 585 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.815 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 585 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.624 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 585 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.06 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 585 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.03 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 584 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.519 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 584 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.728 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 584 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.528 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 584 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.028 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 583 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.724 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 582 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.87 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 582 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.650 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 582 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.627 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 582 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.71 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 582 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 1.716 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 581 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.621 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 581 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.521 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 581 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.545 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 581 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 1.518 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 581 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.79 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 581 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.624 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 580 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.237 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 580 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.120 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 580 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.513 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 580 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.632 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 580 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.621 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 579 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.54 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 579 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.211 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 579 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.828 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 579 days ago · 55 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 1.523 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 579 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.516 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 579 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 2.019 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 578 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.615 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 578 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.619 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 578 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.57 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 578 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 1.732 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 578 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 3.017 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 577 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 1.647 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 577 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.617 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 577 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.625 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 577 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.96 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 576 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.541 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 576 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 1.59 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 576 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 3.53 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 576 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 103
  55. 2.520 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 575 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 575 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 1.710 km NNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 575 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.610 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 575 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.732 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 575 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.818 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 575 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.611 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 588 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.017 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 588 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.627 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 588 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.747 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 588 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.341 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 588 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.713 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 588 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.712 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 588 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.613 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 588 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.015 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska · 589 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.638 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 589 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.426 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 589 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.314 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 589 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.826 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 589 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.115 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 590 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.139 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 590 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.916 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 590 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.518 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 590 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.911 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 590 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.429 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 590 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.512 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 591 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away

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