Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Feb 7, 2026, 4:56 AM AKST (13:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 201 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-02-07 13:56:05 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.830° N, 162.540° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
239°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6169 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 234 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.6219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 219 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.0201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 211 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 3.8205 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 211 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.9147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 207 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.7159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 201 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 3.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 192 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.9142 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 191 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.1236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 191 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.8135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 191 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.6142 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 190 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 187 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.6134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 186 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.9147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 184 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.5142 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 183 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.4137 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 183 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.4142 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 183 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.3268 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 180 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 180 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.3141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 178 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.5144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 178 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 2.5160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 235 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.6162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 236 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.1181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 243 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s7jm (also filed as ak2026cqzouj). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC.