Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 177 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 177 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 1:26 PM AKST (22:26 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-01-29 22:26:57 UTC
Depth
32.6 km (20.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.256° N, 163.495° 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
3.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Confirmed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

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From the USGS event page for us20004yfx. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

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 12.2 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
210°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.6163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 3.5157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.9156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.7160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.5161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.986 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.289 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.3119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.5184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.7203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.4161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.3102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.498 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.4146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 4.0140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.582 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 3.995 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.389 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.7192 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.8128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 3.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.9101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.6130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 3.1222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 3.3241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 3.3236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.1138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.4102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 3.4south of Alaska · 3857 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 2.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.6154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.5100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.5101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.7128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 1.7104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.8109 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.4127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 57 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.9161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.6161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 3.5153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.9232 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.6144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 3.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.692 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.5206 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.4194 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.5155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.587 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 3.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.489 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 3.390 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.5122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3914 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.9141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.1214 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004yfx (also filed as ak12719573, ak0161cbudza). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.