Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 204 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 204 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, May 11, 2026, 6:01 PM AKDT (02:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 206 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-05-12 02:01:46 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.175° N, 162.140° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
255°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 139 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.5206 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 135 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.2239 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 130 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.9138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 130 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.6113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 122 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.8233 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 117 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.8206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 113 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.7219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 109 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.9233 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 106 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.8193 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 106 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.7219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.8176 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.1109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 103 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.8186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 100 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.5221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 95 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.7150 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.8200 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 87 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.9126 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 84 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 2.7117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 141 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.8134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 144 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.5125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 145 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.6120 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 147 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.5108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 149 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.4128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 152 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.6153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 152 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.1152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 153 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 160 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 3.5225 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 163 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 3.2227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 163 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.7217 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 166 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 167 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sx3e (also filed as aka2026jicypu). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.