Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 61 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 11:26 AM AKDT (19:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 92 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-07-18 19:26:51 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.695° N, 164.326° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.34
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.015 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 71 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 67 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.626 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 62 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.3102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 58 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 58 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.624 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 57 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.736 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 57 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.4105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 57 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.330 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 55 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 55 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.7112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 55 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.127 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 54 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 54 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.953 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 50 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.040 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 49 days ago · 159 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.986 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 48 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.685 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 44 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.579 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 44 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.925 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 42 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.3107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 40 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.689 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 40 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.895 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 40 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 4.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 39 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.265 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 39 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 2.281 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 37 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 36 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.037 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 36 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.147 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 35 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 35 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.373 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 35 days ago · 86 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 34 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.297 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 34 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.081 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 34 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.045 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 30 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.174 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 30 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 4.195 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 29 days ago · 178 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 2.827 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 25 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 25 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.418 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 25 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.486 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 25 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 23 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 2.823 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 23 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 2.5103 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 21 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.7103 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 21 days ago · 172 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.250 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 20 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.860 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 19 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.622 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 19 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.076 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 17 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.4116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 17 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 2.243 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 16 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.869 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.5106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 13 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 2.821 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 74 days ago · 162 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.335 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 75 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 75 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.5112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 77 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 77 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.328 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 78 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.396 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 79 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.684 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 80 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.483 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 82 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 82 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.664 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 83 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.876 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 84 days ago · 175 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.773 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 84 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.933 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 86 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 88 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.386 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 88 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.674 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 88 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 89 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.746 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 89 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93064579. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.