Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 38 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 38 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 9:56 PM AKST (06:56 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 66 km SW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-01-09 06:56:21 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.521° N, 163.577° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.48
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
286°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 264 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 264 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.0121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 263 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.445 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 260 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 258 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 257 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.0108 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 257 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.7103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.681 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.079 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.445 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.431 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.472 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.5111 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 252 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.378 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.3133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 252 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.056 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.896 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 251 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.293 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 3.6115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 251 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.595 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 249 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.723 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 249 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 3.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 248 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.185 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 248 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 3.297 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 246 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.255 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 245 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.686 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 245 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.18 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 244 days ago · 168 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 2.451 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 244 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.4133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 241 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.5103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 241 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.496 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 241 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 240 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 1.815 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 239 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.519 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.6131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 235 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.467 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 235 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.4113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.4120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.6117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 232 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.790 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 232 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 3.2134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 231 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.9128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 231 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 228 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 4.566 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 228 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.181 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 227 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 224 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 224 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.698 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 223 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.493 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 222 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.588 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 221 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 2.257 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 221 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 221 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 2.499 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 221 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.281 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 219 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 2.642 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 269 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.489 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 270 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.176 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 271 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 272 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.264 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 272 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 273 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.876 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 273 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.9101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 278 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.790 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 278 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.8105 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 278 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.294 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 279 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.818 km SSE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 279 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.3100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 280 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.075 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 280 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 280 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.7107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 281 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.780 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 282 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 291 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 292 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.56 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 292 days ago · 177 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93054289. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.