Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 8 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:43 PM AKST (21:43 UTC), 168 km (105 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: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:43 PM AKST
UTC: 2026-01-28 21:43:23 UTC
Depth: 168.3 km (104.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.799° N, 163.510° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 145°
Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast82 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s5dl (also filed as ak2026bzfutv). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.