M2.4 earthquake 25 km W of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 25 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, May 8, 2026, 9:27 PM AKDT (05:27 UTC), 166 km (103 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 72 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-09 05:27:48 UTC
- Depth
- 166.1 km (103.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.857° N, 163.806° 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 47.7 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.911 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 143 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.499 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 142 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 142 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 140 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.447 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 140 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.177 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 139 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.472 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 136 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 133 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.856 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 124 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.626 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 122 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.661 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 117 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 114 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 112 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.099 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 112 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.094 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 112 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.792 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 110 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 110 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.773 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 110 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.058 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 109 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 107 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 106 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 105 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 102 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.248 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 102 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.594 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 101 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.450 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 101 days ago · 168 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.628 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 100 days ago · 169 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 99 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.191 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 99 days ago · 141 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.047 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 99 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.690 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 98 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.455 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 93 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.746 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.674 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 89 days ago · 95 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 88 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.273 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 87 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.933 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 86 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.773 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 85 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.876 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 84 days ago · 175 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.372 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 144 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.468 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 146 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.596 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 148 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.654 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 148 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.982 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 148 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.775 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 149 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.685 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 149 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.239 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 150 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.336 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 151 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.935 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 151 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.541 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 151 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 152 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.489 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 154 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.553 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 154 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.135 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 154 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.042 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 154 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.138 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 157 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.835 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 157 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.038 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 157 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.243 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 157 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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