M2.9 earthquake 33 km WNW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 33 km WNW of Willow, Alaska on Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:45 PM AKDT (05:45 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 14 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.031 · 138 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 201.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025by2z2td (also filed as us7000qwmh). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC.