Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 27 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 12:09 AM AKDT (08:09 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 54 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-04 08:09:20 UTC
Depth
103.4 km (64.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.002° N, 162.997° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.6 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 since this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.418 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 18 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.822 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 16 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.795 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 15 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.250 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 13 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.622 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 12 days ago · 80 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.054 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 11 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.243 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 9 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 7 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 2.045 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 23 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.828 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 24 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 3.374 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 25 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.373 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 28 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 28 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.147 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 29 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.049 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 29 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.037 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 29 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 30 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 30 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.296 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 33 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 33 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.069 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 34 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.284 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 34 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.595 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 41 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.367 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 42 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.456 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 46 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.349 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 48 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 48 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000teev (also filed as aka2026rmzsbs). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.