M2.6 earthquake 245 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 245 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 8:36 AM AKDT (16:36 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 257 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-23 16:36:04 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.869° N, 161.799° 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
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1273 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.7258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.0257 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3240 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.9237 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 2.2191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6177 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1217 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0228 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2176 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1206 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2219 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209fawthz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.