Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 221 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 221 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:03 AM AKDT (11:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 239 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
2026-05-13 11:03:28 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.868° N, 163.130° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
247°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2239 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 130 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.9138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 130 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.5140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 122 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.8206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 113 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.7219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 109 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.9233 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 107 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.9153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 106 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 106 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.6215 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.7219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.8176 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.2157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.7288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 103 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.2138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 102 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.5144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 101 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.5159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 100 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.8186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 100 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.4183 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 98 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.5221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 95 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.7190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 95 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.9198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 91 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.7150 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.7147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 88 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.8142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 87 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.2156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 86 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.9204 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 141 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.8134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 144 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.4128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 152 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.6153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 152 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.1152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 153 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.0138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 159 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 160 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 3.5225 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 163 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.2227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 163 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.6149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 166 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.7217 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 166 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.6129 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 167 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 167 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sxjt (also filed as aka2026jkraof). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC.