M3.0 earthquake 254 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 254 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 12:14 AM AKDT (08:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 234 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-26 08:14:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.682° N, 162.228° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations |
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 259°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2234 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7239 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.9207 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.7235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ax0p (also filed as ak16949300, ak017cd0eudf). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC.