Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 69 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 69 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, May 17, 2025, 9:27 PM AKDT (05:27 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.3 2025 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-18 05:27:04 UTC
Depth
64.8 km (40.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.793° N, 161.050° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
40

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 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.381 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 502 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 502 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 501 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.754 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 501 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 3.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 500 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.360 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 498 days ago · 88 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.666 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.914 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 497 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 497 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.8103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 496 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 496 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 495 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 495 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 495 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.924 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.947 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 494 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 492 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 492 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.692 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 491 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.720 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.971 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 491 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.054 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 490 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.265 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 490 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.232 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 489 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.375 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 488 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 487 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 487 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.378 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 486 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 2.8106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 486 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 485 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 485 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 484 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 483 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.063 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 483 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.872 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 483 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.927 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 482 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.364 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 481 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.922 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 480 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 1.844 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 479 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 479 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 1.812 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 477 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 477 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 476 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 475 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 3.758 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 474 days ago · 52 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 473 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.928 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 472 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.657 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 472 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 2.660 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 471 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 471 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 1.861 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 471 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 3.0127 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 470 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.362 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 470 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.4133 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 469 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.56 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.948 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 503 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.967 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 504 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.821 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 504 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.843 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 505 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.043 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 507 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 507 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 508 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.847 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 509 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.856 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 509 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.886 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 509 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.382 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 509 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.4109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 509 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.141 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 510 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.318 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 510 days ago · 164 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.072 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 510 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0256cbaus5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:49 AM UTC.