Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 32 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 32 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 4:58 PM AKST (01:58 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 21 km E of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 4:58 PM AKST
UTC: 2020-01-06 01:58:32 UTC
Depth: 15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.767° N, 162.926° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 161°
Stations used: 32

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast51 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 61.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700070k7 (also filed as ak0209y60nb). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC.