M2.6 earthquake 102 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 12:10 AM AKST

UTC

2020-01-06 09:10:29 UTC

Depth

42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.935° N, 163.232° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.8 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

221°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

21

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast138 kmSSW

After

1. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 6, 9:48 PM AKST · 2458 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
2. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 8, 12:54 AM AKST · 2457 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
3. 2.3153 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 8, 2:25 AM AKST · 2456 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
4. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 8, 4:01 AM AKST · 2456 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
5. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 8, 10:31 AM AKST · 2456 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
6. 2.486 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 9, 2:31 AM AKST · 2455 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
7. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 9, 2:47 AM AKST · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
8. 2.687 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 9, 11:38 PM AKST · 2455 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
9. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 10, 6:14 AM AKST · 2454 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 10, 12:00 PM AKST · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
11. 2.676 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 11, 12:26 PM AKST · 2453 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
12. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 12, 10:31 AM AKST · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
13. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 12, 11:13 AM AKST · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
14. 2.7166 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 13, 6:15 PM AKST · 2451 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
15. 2.684 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jan 17, 11:36 PM AKST · 2447 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
16. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 19, 9:14 AM AKST · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
17. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 19, 11:29 PM AKST · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
18. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 20, 12:20 PM AKST · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
19. 1.838 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 20, 3:04 PM AKST · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
20. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 21, 4:14 AM AKST · 2443 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
21. 2.8Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 21, 10:21 PM AKST · 2443 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
22. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 23, 3:57 AM AKST · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
23. 2.770 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 29, 1:41 AM AKST · 2435 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 31, 1:45 AM AKST · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
25. 2.291 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Feb 1, 3:59 AM AKST · 2432 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
26. 3.7106 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Feb 4, 7:21 AM AKST · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
27. 2.7111 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Feb 5, 12:43 PM AKST · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
28. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Feb 7, 1:25 PM AKST · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
29. 2.8111 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Feb 7, 4:25 PM AKST · 2426 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
30. 2.488 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 10, 11:48 PM AKST · 2423 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
31. 2.5115 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Feb 14, 2:05 AM AKST · 2419 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
32. 2.6122 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Feb 15, 12:48 PM AKST · 2418 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
33. 2.990 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 15, 10:55 PM AKST · 2418 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
34. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Feb 20, 10:11 AM AKST · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
35. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Feb 21, 6:07 PM AKST · 2412 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
36. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 22, 10:07 PM AKST · 2411 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
37. 2.699 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Feb 23, 12:22 PM AKST · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
38. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 25, 8:51 AM AKST · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
39. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Feb 26, 7:47 AM AKST · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
40. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Feb 26, 10:06 AM AKST · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
41. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Feb 26, 10:23 AM AKST · 2407 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
42. 2.0107 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Feb 26, 3:51 PM AKST · 2407 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
43. 2.279 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Mar 1, 9:47 PM AKST · 2403 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
44. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Mar 2, 1:30 AM AKST · 2402 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
45. 2.891 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Mar 2, 5:43 AM AKST · 2402 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
46. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Mar 2, 9:26 AM AKST · 2402 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
47. 2.623 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Mar 2, 7:04 PM AKST · 2402 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
48. 2.383 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Mar 3, 3:45 PM AKST · 2401 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
49. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 5, 3:49 AM AKST · 2399 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
50. 2.290 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 5, 5:34 AM AKST · 2399 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away

Before

1. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 5, 4:58 PM AKST · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
2. 2.785 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 5, 11:14 AM AKST · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
3. 3.026 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 4, 5:24 AM AKST · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
4. 3.0155 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jan 3, 10:29 AM AKST · 2461 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
5. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 2, 12:27 PM AKST · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
6. 3.1101 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 2, 12:40 AM AKST · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
7. 2.6117 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 1, 8:54 PM AKST · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
8. 2.3Alaska PeninsulaSat, Dec 28, 11:55 PM AKST · 2467 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
9. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 24, 4:01 PM AKST · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.797 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 23, 12:55 PM AKST · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
11. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 21, 6:02 PM AKST · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
12. 3.8121 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 19, 5:50 PM AKST · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
13. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 19, 3:36 PM AKST · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
14. 2.296 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 9:37 PM AKST · 2479 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
15. 2.3104 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 4:33 AM AKST · 2479 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
16. 2.281 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 4:05 AM AKST · 2479 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
17. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Dec 14, 6:18 PM AKST · 2481 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
18. 2.081 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 13, 3:09 AM AKST · 2482 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
19. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 11, 10:43 PM AKST · 2484 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
20. 3.2178 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 11, 9:11 AM AKST · 2484 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700070k9 (also filed as ak020a2n6yp). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.