Alaska earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 1:25 PM AKDT (21:25 UTC), 33 km (21 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
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-07-16 21:25:25 UTC
Depth
33.2 km (20.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.459° N, 159.698° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.1mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.14 · 14 stations
3.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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
0.4% 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?

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

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
112

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 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qd2g (also filed as ak025925ivvx). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.