Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 54 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 54 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, May 11, 2020, 2:25 PM AKDT (22:25 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, May 11, 2020, 2:25 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-05-11 22:25:27 UTC
Depth: 91.0 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.521° N, 164.031° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 14.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 165°
Stations used: 22

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast121 kmENE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 66.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009p0d (also filed as ak02062o6rii). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:14 AM UTC.