M2.5 earthquake 106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Sep 1, 2025, 6:30 PM AKDT (02:30 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-02 02:30:39 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.392° N, 160.197° W
- Region
- Alaska
- 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations |
| 2.3 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.1 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 246°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.193 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.1137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 394 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.792 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.3130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.7139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.1142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.393 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 394 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.194 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.186 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.8151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.8142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.3134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.2150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.1128 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.9115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 393 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.8107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 393 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 392 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.791 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 392 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.597 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 392 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 391 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.1141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 390 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 384 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 380 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.298 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 378 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 378 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 376 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 371 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.7155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 370 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 370 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 369 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 369 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 369 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.2110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 367 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 365 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 3.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 365 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 364 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 356 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 3.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 352 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 349 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.884 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 349 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 349 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 349 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 2.091 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.194 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 395 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.396 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.387 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.397 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.068 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 396 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 396 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 397 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 397 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 397 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 397 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 397 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
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