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M 3.5ml
Earthquake near Haines, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Haines in the 24 hours to 2:50 pm AKST (23:50 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 60 km (37 mi) NW, at 3:19 am AKDT on 8 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Haines
This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) east-southeast of Haines, AK, at 8:50 am AKST on 16 December 2025 (17:50 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 26 km E of Mud Bay, Alaska
- When
- 8:50 am AKST on 16 December 2025 ()
- Where
- 32 km (20 mi) east-southeast of Haines, AK · earthquakes near Haines
- Magnitude
- M 3.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Haines Borough, 38 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Denali fault, 23 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 247 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 63 km (39 mi) from the epicentre. In Haines, 32 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Likely felt in: Haines 32 km, intensity II · Skagway 42 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.7 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.6× more
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 4.2 on 2022-10-10 — about 11 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 23 km SSE of Mud Bay, Alaska · 27 km SW 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 59.1350, -134.9150. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haines Borough, AK | 38 km (24 mi) | W | earthquakes near Haines Borough |
| Skagway Municipality, AK | 53 km (33 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Skagway Municipality |
| Juneau City and Borough, AK | 95 km (59 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Juneau City and Borough |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK | 99 km (61 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Hoonah-Angoon Census Area |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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