Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 9, 2026, 11:03 PM AKST (08:03 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 79 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-01-10 08:03:03 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.851° N, 162.657° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
231°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 265 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 263 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 263 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.445 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 263 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 261 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.0108 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 260 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 258 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.7103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 258 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.681 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 258 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.079 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 257 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.445 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 256 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.431 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 256 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.472 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 256 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 255 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.5111 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 255 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.378 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.3133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.292 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 254 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.056 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.293 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 3.6115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 254 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.595 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 252 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 3.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 3.297 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 249 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 2.255 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 248 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.686 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 248 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.451 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 247 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.4133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 244 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 2.5103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 244 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.496 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 244 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.268 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 244 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.151 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 240 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.6162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 239 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.6131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.2138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 238 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.467 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.484 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 238 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.5160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.6169 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 2.7139 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 237 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.4113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.4120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.6117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 235 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.790 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 235 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 3.2134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 2.9128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 2.7117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 232 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.679 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 231 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 231 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 227 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.698 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 226 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 2.588 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 224 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.257 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 224 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.499 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 224 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 2.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 267 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.838 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 267 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.9143 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 268 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.642 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 272 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.598 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 273 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 274 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 275 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 275 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 276 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 3.0165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 276 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 3.0139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 279 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.882 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 280 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.9101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 281 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.8105 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 281 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.095 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 281 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.294 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 282 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.3100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 283 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 283 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.7107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 284 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 3.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 294 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026ardolu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:56 AM UTC.