Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.5ml
27 km S of Nelchina, Alaska
Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 27 km S of Nelchina, Alaska, at 8:56 pm AKST on 10 November 2025 (05:56 UTC), 14 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 288 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2018-10-16 — about 500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 37 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 48 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.5 47 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 50 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.5 48 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 50 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.1 48 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 23 km S of this epicentre
- 5.1 9 km ESE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 24 km NW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 61.7498, -146.6706. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 44 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska
- 1.5 6 km ESE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska
- 1.6 34 km NW of Valdez, Alaska
- 2.2 38 km N of Valdez, Alaska
- 1.6 38 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska
- 1.9 48 km N of Valdez, Alaska
- 2.1 51 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska
- 1.7 48 km N of Valdez, Alaska
- 1.8 11 km ESE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska
- 2.0 15 km SE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska
- 1.8 24 km NW of Valdez, Alaska
- 2.1 47 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska
- 1.9 52 km N of Valdez, Alaska
- 1.7 32 km NW of Valdez, Alaska
- 2.5 46 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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