Magnitude 4.0 - 25 miles S of Kotzebue




November 3, 2025 21:26:14 AKST (November 4, 2025 06:26:14 UTC)
66.5334°N 162.5975°W    Depth 9.6 miles (15 km)

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

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist





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.