Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 6:46 PM AKST (03:46 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 150 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-24 03:46:44 UTC
Depth
22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.306° N, 162.319° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 19.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
237°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0233 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.6173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.6226 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.7132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.2201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.8227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.188 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.5106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.6241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.8238 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.7140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.6125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 3.0101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.5203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.7110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.9203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.5135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.9258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.0201 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2156 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.6246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cnjn (also filed as ak020f45vfqn). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.