Alaska earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 75 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 75 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 1:10 PM AKDT (21:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2025-07-16 21:10:03 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.658° N, 160.497° W
Region
Alaska
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?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
188°, poorly surrounded by stations
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.492 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.286 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.389 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 3.287 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 3.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.490 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.690 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.4102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.083 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 3.078 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 3.194 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 3.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 3.392 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 3.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 3.5101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 4.278 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 4.599 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 3.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 2.982 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 3.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 3.1100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 3.891 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 2.989 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 4.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 3.793 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 3.4118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 3.196 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.870 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 3.083 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 3.085 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.9106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 2.986 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 3.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 3.484 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 3.389 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 3.394 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 3.5132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 3.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 4.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 4.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 5.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  55. 3.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 3.382 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 3.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.587 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 3.079 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 3.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.784 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 3.188 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.978 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.389 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.293 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 3.477 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.494 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 3.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 3.2125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 3.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 3.264 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 3.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 3.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 441 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qd2f (also filed as ak025925fme9). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.