Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 6 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska on Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 10:39 PM AKDT (06:39 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-07-23 06:39:05 UTC
Depth
43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.588° N, 150.711° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
61

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.525 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 437 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.911 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 437 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.754 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 436 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.812 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 435 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 11
  5. 1.712 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 435 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.621 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 435 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.93 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 435 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 434 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.924 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 434 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.622 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 434 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.637 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 434 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.621 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 433 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.619 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 433 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.818 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 433 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.817 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 433 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.625 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 433 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.636 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 433 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.734 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 432 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.68 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 432 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 432 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.725 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 431 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.08 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 431 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.927 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 430 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.616 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 430 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.510 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 430 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 1.88 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 430 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 1.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 429 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 429 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 3.113 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 429 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.532 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 429 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 429 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 1.555 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 428 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.716 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 428 days ago · 49 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 1.55 km NE of Anchorage, Alaska · 427 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.89 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 427 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 1.62 km SSE of Beluga, Alaska · 426 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.825 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 426 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.852 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 426 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 426 days ago · 53 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.927 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 426 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  41. 1.618 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 425 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.217 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 425 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.924 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 425 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  44. 1.640 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 424 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.62 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 423 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.947 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 423 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.920 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 423 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 1.87 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 423 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.614 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 422 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 1.69 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 422 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 4.013 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 421 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 176 · tsunami flag
  52. 1.847 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 421 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 1.740 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 421 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 1.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 421 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.940 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 421 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.617 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 421 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.736 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 421 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.640 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 421 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.826 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 420 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.222 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 420 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 1.536 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 437 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.811 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 437 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.99 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 438 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.513 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 438 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11
  5. 3.417 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 438 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.312 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 438 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.68 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 438 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.513 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 438 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.844 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 438 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.240 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 439 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.317 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 439 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.630 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 439 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.918 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 440 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.927 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 440 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 440 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.838 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 440 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.09 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 441 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.958 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 441 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.442 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 441 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.741 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 442 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0259dhfroa. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC.