Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 174 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 174 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 3:54 AM AKDT (11:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 3:54 AM AKDT
UTC: 2020-09-21 11:54:34 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.286° N, 163.444° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 246°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast180 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c3ru (also filed as ak020c6gae5w). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.