M1.5 earthquake 79 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 11:47 PM AKDT

UTC

2026-08-16 07:47:22 UTC

Depth

26.9 km (16.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.681° N, 164.615° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.7 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

307°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast97 kmNE

After

1. 1.925 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 17, 8:30 PM AKDT · 43 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
2. 2.689 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 2:05 PM AKDT · 40 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
3. 2.265 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 21, 2:43 PM AKDT · 39 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
4. 2.281 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 23, 12:59 AM AKDT · 38 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
5. 2.246 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 23, 6:15 PM AKDT · 37 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
6. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 25, 7:07 AM AKDT · 36 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
7. 2.373 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 25, 2:10 PM AKDT · 35 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
8. 1.95 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 25, 4:45 PM AKDT · 35 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
9. 2.081 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 26, 10:36 AM AKDT · 35 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
10. 2.045 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 30, 12:30 AM AKDT · 31 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
11. 2.174 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 30, 11:13 AM AKDT · 31 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
12. 4.195 km WNW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 31, 3:16 PM AKDT · 29 days ago · 178 km deep · 49 km away
13. 2.418 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 4, 5:48 AM AKDT · 26 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
14. 2.486 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Sep 4, 12:55 PM AKDT · 25 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
15. 2.125 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Sep 5, 10:36 PM AKDT · 24 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
16. 2.5103 km E of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Sep 8, 5:48 AM AKDT · 22 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
17. 2.9105 km W of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 8, 2:46 PM AKDT · 21 days ago · 174 km deep · 45 km away
18. 1.860 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 9, 8:36 PM AKDT · 20 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
19. 2.076 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Sep 12, 7:27 AM AKDT · 18 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
20. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Sep 12, 3:09 PM AKDT · 17 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
21. 2.243 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 13, 11:12 AM AKDT · 17 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
22. 2.567 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 15, 12:17 PM AKDT · 14 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
23. 2.958 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Sep 15, 6:57 PM AKDT · 14 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
24. 2.5106 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 16, 7:16 AM AKDT · 14 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
25. 2.596 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 18, 1:16 AM AKDT · 12 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
26. 2.522 km WNW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 18, 1:53 AM AKDT · 12 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
27. 2.646 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 18, 7:23 AM AKDT · 12 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
28. 2.781 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 21, 4:04 AM AKDT · 9 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
29. 2.461 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 21, 6:52 AM AKDT · 9 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
30. 2.135 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 22, 2:43 AM AKDT · 8 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
31. 1.527 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 23, 7:35 AM AKDT · 7 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
32. 2.683 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 27, 11:16 PM AKDT · 2 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
33. 1.827 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 28, 4:23 PM AKDT · 31 hr ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away

Before

1. 1.986 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 12, 7:22 AM AKDT · 49 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
2. 2.040 km NE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 10, 8:34 PM AKDT · 50 days ago · 159 km deep · 58 km away
3. 1.953 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 10, 3:24 PM AKDT · 50 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
4. 1.823 km NNW of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 9, 1:09 PM AKDT · 51 days ago · 168 km deep · 97 km away
5. 2.055 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Aug 8, 8:25 PM AKDT · 52 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
6. 3.5107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 6, 1:46 PM AKDT · 54 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
7. 2.127 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 6, 11:08 AM AKDT · 55 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
8. 2.7112 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 5, 9:44 AM AKDT · 56 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
9. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 5, 3:10 AM AKDT · 56 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
10. 2.330 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 5, 2:47 AM AKDT · 56 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
11. 2.4105 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 3, 10:09 AM AKDT · 58 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
12. 2.624 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 3, 4:40 AM AKDT · 58 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
13. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 2, 9:30 AM AKDT · 59 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
14. 2.3102 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 2, 6:43 AM AKDT · 59 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
15. 1.626 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jul 28, 9:46 PM AKDT · 63 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
16. 2.015 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jul 20, 7:04 AM AKDT · 72 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
17. 1.661 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jul 18, 11:26 AM AKDT · 74 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
18. 2.821 km NNW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jul 17, 1:32 PM AKDT · 74 days ago · 162 km deep · 80 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av94387043. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC.