Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 26, 2015, 11:51 PM AKDT (07:51 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-27 07:51:47 UTC
Depth
28.9 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.070° N, 162.033° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · 16 stations
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.4 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
309°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.4143 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4055 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.7228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.4212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4048 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.0122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4045 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.5south of Alaska · 4044 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.6221 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4043 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.2229 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4042 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.6191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.8224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4040 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.9246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4029 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 3.2158 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4013 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.4206 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4008 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.3217 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4008 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.6214 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 4001 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.9157 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4000 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 3.0157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4059 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.3148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4060 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.1157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4078 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.9247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4079 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.4232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4084 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.8223 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4086 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.6254 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4087 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003f8x (also filed as ak11689162, ak015azdx0hb). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC.