M3.2 earthquake 237 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 237 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Nov 13, 2025, 12:51 AM AKST (09:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-11-13 09:51:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.223° N, 159.972° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.077 · 22 stations |
| 3.47 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Reviewed · ±0.18418763297858182 · 27 stations |
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 7.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 217°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8193 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 281 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.5255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 276 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.1172 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 276 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rp1f (also filed as ak2025wivccm). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.