Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 19 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 19 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska on Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 3:18 PM AKST (00:18 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-06 00:18:02 UTC
Depth
48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.020° N, 150.385° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
3
Strongest shaking
II, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

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

Strongest estimated
II, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration
0.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.1 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak 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.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
26°
Stations used
77

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.018 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 603 days ago · 53 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.631 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 603 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 603 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.710 km W of Houston, Alaska · 603 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.420 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 603 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.523 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 602 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.93 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 602 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.726 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 602 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.726 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 602 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 3.08 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 602 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.510 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 602 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.241 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 601 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.916 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 601 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.335 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 601 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 3.010 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 601 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.227 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 601 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.829 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 601 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.611 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 601 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.85 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 600 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  20. 1.64 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 600 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.510 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 600 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 1.659 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 600 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.50 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 599 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 1.824 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 599 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.523 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 599 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.724 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 598 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.626 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 598 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.713 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 598 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 1.523 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 598 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.64 km SSE of Kenai, Alaska · 597 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 1.78 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 597 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.525 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 597 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 1.722 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 597 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.131 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 596 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.926 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 596 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.621 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 596 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 1.620 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 595 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 2.131 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 595 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.614 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 595 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.512 km E of Willow, Alaska · 595 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.527 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 595 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 1.632 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 594 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 1.61 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 594 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 1.514 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.512 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 593 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.515 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 593 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 2.013 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 592 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 2.08 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 592 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.512 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 592 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.911 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 590 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.518 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 590 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 1.916 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 590 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.115 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 590 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.314 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 590 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.217 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 590 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.426 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 590 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.638 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 589 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.015 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska · 589 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.613 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 589 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 1.712 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 589 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.42 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 603 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.844 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 603 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.215 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 604 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.526 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 604 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.623 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 604 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.125 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 604 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1,387 · tsunami flag
  7. 2.510 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 604 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.76 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 604 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.04 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 605 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.58 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 605 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 606 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.57 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 606 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 1.518 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 606 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.528 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 607 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.510 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 607 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.62 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 608 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.526 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 608 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.914 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 608 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.516 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 608 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.828 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 608 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pbpx (also filed as ak0251p6zpbe). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.