Alaska earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 58 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 58 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Dec 1, 2025, 3:19 PM AKST (00:19 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-12-02 00:19:18 UTC
Depth
43.1 km (26.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.813° N, 160.605° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
2
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
4.2mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.216 · 6 stations
3.99ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterReviewed · ±0.2656206107142625 · 58 stations

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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 4.3 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
158°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 158.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rezs (also filed as ak2025xqyxtt). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC.