Alaska earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 6:34 AM AKDT (14:34 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 6:34 AM AKDT
UTC: 2025-10-24 14:34:02 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.498° N, 159.853° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
Strongest shaking: III, 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: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 1.6% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.1 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 102°
Stations used: 150

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast102 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 102.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rj5m (also filed as ak025dnf5ftm). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.