Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 52 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 52 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-08-31 00:00:20 UTC
Depth
64.6 km (40.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.387° N, 163.548° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.650 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 395 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.170 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 395 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 394 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.226 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 394 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.630 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 393 days ago · 150 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.947 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 393 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.893 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 393 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.885 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 393 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.033 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 392 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 392 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.463 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 392 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.327 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 387 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.235 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 384 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.027 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 381 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.513 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 379 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.658 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 378 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.549 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.851 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 375 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.549 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 373 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.046 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 373 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.551 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 372 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.036 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 372 days ago · -2 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.617 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 358 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.647 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 357 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 4.0125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 355 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.817 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 353 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.260 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 347 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 3.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 338 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 3.235 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 396 days ago · 198 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.923 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 399 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.475 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 399 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.748 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 401 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.8127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 402 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.577 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 402 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 402 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.0133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 402 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 403 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 403 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.083 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 403 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.795 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 404 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.784 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 405 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.631 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 405 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.183 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 406 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 406 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 407 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.917 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 408 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.8111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 408 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 3.5112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 410 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rm0p (also filed as ak025b5vldkt). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.