Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 75 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 75 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 2, 2020, 9:54 PM AKDT (05:54 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Aug 2, 2020, 9:54 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-08-03 05:54:18 UTC
Depth: 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.202° N, 163.724° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 6.5 km horizontally, 19.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 180°
Stations used: 26

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast132 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 123.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bi86 (also filed as ak0209xbdqq6). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC.