Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 59 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 59 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 8:26 AM AKDT (16:26 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-07-29 16:26:47 UTC
Depth
100.2 km (62.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.513° N, 164.123° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Location uncertainty
About 7.8 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
27

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000580p (also filed as ak0199nkjhry). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.