Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 79 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 79 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, May 28, 2020, 4:06 AM AKDT (12:06 UTC), 185 km (115 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-28 12:06:09 UTC
Depth
184.5 km (114.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.677° N, 164.616° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.3 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
179°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 82 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.0108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.099 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.587 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 151 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.930 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 156 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.727 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.7107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.089 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.089 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.558 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.650 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.564 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.757 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.182 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.963 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.095 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 2.041 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.971 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.631 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 2.6109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.858 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.968 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.784 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.489 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.234 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.927 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.944 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.530 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.665 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.721 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.711 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000abuv (also filed as ak0206um97z9). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.