Magnitude 4.8 - 46 miles S of Point Hope




March 12, 2025 09:29:54 AKDT (March 12, 2025 17:29:54 UTC)
67.6802°N 166.9067°W    Depth 9.0 miles (14 km)

No reports of this event being felt have been received at this time.

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Tectonic Setting of Northwest Alaska

A wide, diffuse zone of seismicity extends from northwest Alaska across the Bering Strait into eastern Russia. This zone is believed to mark the northern boundary of the Bering microplate. Moderate-to-large normal faulting and strike-slip events have occurred in this region, including on the Seward Peninsula. The largest of these events was the 1958 M7.3 Huslia Earthquake. It was a normal faulting event that produced extensive failures in unconsolidated surficial deposits within a northeast-striking zone. In 2014, a vigorous earthquake swarm was recorded about 25 miles (40 km) north of Noatak on the Lisburne Peninsula.