Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 7:26 AM AKST (16:26 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 72 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-24 16:26:05 UTC
Depth
48.7 km (30.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.725° N, 163.003° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.8ML, 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 5.4 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.497 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.9101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.6130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.381 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.994 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.1222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.094 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.853 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.1138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 3.491 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.6154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.5101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.099 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.7128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 2.382 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.250 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 3.5105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.5109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.537 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.7120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 4.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 3.5216 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.390 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.972 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.582 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.0140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.4146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.498 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.3102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.4161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.3119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.289 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.582 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004tpj (also filed as ak12925358, ak0162j88luo). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.