Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 246 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 246 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 1:50 PM AKDT (21:50 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
UTC
2020-10-27 21:50:16 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.658° N, 162.893° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
259°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.0201 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.9258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.9203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.6186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.0233 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.6173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.6226 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 3.2219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.2201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.3220 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.8227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 2.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.5171 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.3202 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.3236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.0207 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.3212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000c6ig (also filed as ak020du5kc5v). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.