M3.6 earthquake 241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 4:17 PM AKST (01:17 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-27 01:17:46 UTC
- Depth
- 24.4 km (15.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.815° N, 162.163° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8238 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.8212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 2.6248 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6226 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d6e3 (also filed as ak020gmp8t6v). Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.