M2.6 earthquake 86 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 2:05 PM AKDT

UTC

2026-08-20 22:05:06 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.117° N, 163.825° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

204°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

27

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast127 kmE

After

1. 2.895 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 2:05 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
2. 2.397 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 4:24 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
3. 2.296 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 4:25 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
4. 4.292 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 7:14 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
5. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 9:13 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
6. 2.8107 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 9:22 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
7. 2.2106 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 10:25 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
8. 2.265 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 21, 2:43 PM AKDT · 33 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
9. 2.795 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 21, 9:09 PM AKDT · 33 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
10. 2.5103 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 22, 6:02 PM AKDT · 32 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
11. 2.281 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 23, 12:59 AM AKDT · 32 days ago · 80 km deep · 28 km away
12. 2.779 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 23, 7:08 AM AKDT · 31 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
13. 2.246 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 23, 6:15 PM AKDT · 31 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
14. 2.037 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 24, 4:22 AM AKDT · 30 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
15. 2.049 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 24, 7:41 PM AKDT · 30 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
16. 2.147 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 24, 11:12 PM AKDT · 30 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
17. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 25, 7:07 AM AKDT · 29 days ago · 71 km deep · 18 km away
18. 2.373 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 25, 2:10 PM AKDT · 29 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
19. 2.555 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 25, 4:34 PM AKDT · 29 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
20. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 25, 9:25 PM AKDT · 29 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
21. 2.297 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 26, 5:51 AM AKDT · 28 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
22. 2.081 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 26, 10:36 AM AKDT · 28 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
23. 2.3123 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 27, 2:07 AM AKDT · 27 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
24. 2.8107 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 27, 2:55 AM AKDT · 27 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
25. 2.076 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 27, 3:07 AM AKDT · 27 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
26. 2.789 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 27, 7:40 AM AKDT · 27 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
27. 3.374 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 28, 9:27 AM AKDT · 26 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
28. 2.9107 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 28, 1:44 PM AKDT · 26 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
29. 2.6108 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 28, 9:25 PM AKDT · 26 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
30. 2.5101 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Aug 29, 4:01 AM AKDT · 25 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
31. 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 29, 9:50 AM AKDT · 25 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
32. 2.045 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 30, 12:30 AM AKDT · 25 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
33. 2.174 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 30, 11:13 AM AKDT · 24 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
34. 3.878 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 30, 2:24 PM AKDT · 24 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
35. 2.5104 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Sep 1, 10:41 PM AKDT · 22 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
36. 2.595 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 2, 7:54 AM AKDT · 21 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
37. 2.5155 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 2, 8:59 AM AKDT · 21 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
38. 2.587 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Sep 3, 10:08 AM AKDT · 20 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
39. 2.7108 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Sep 3, 10:09 AM AKDT · 20 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
40. 2.484 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Sep 4, 2:53 AM AKDT · 19 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
41. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 4, 3:50 AM AKDT · 19 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
42. 2.418 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 4, 5:48 AM AKDT · 19 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
43. 2.486 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Sep 4, 12:55 PM AKDT · 19 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
44. 2.596 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Sep 5, 10:32 AM AKDT · 18 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
45. 2.125 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Sep 5, 10:36 PM AKDT · 18 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
46. 3.0103 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 6, 4:49 AM AKDT · 17 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
47. 2.822 km E of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 6, 5:09 AM AKDT · 17 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
48. 2.884 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 6, 12:27 PM AKDT · 17 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
49. 2.795 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 7, 6:27 AM AKDT · 16 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
50. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 7, 10:31 PM AKDT · 16 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
51. 2.5103 km E of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Sep 8, 5:48 AM AKDT · 15 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
52. 2.250 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 9, 4:06 AM AKDT · 14 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
53. 2.2110 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 9, 2:57 PM AKDT · 14 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
54. 1.860 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 9, 8:36 PM AKDT · 14 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
55. 2.7115 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 9, 10:49 PM AKDT · 14 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
56. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 10, 8:55 AM AKDT · 13 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
57. 4.589 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 10, 11:31 PM AKDT · 13 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
58. 2.8106 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 10, 11:42 PM AKDT · 13 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
59. 2.5107 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 11, 12:39 AM AKDT · 13 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
60. 3.054 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Sep 11, 10:05 AM AKDT · 12 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

1. 2.3107 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 2:02 AM AKDT · 34 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
2. 2.6158 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 20, 12:53 AM AKDT · 35 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
3. 2.284 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 19, 7:28 AM AKDT · 35 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
4. 2.4134 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 18, 11:24 PM AKDT · 36 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
5. 2.8108 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 17, 4:31 PM AKDT · 37 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
6. 2.5118 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 17, 2:39 PM AKDT · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
7. 1.579 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 15, 11:47 PM AKDT · 39 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
8. 2.685 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 15, 7:07 PM AKDT · 39 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
9. 2.6139 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 15, 4:27 PM AKDT · 39 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
10. 2.4113 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 14, 9:35 PM AKDT · 40 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
11. 2.888 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 14, 1:48 AM AKDT · 40 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
12. 2.4107 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 13, 10:27 PM AKDT · 41 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
13. 2.3122 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 13, 9:37 AM AKDT · 41 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
14. 2.595 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 12, 5:22 PM AKDT · 42 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
15. 1.986 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 12, 7:22 AM AKDT · 42 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
16. 2.0119 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 12, 2:40 AM AKDT · 42 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
17. 1.999 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 11, 5:33 PM AKDT · 43 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
18. 2.585 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 11, 9:15 AM AKDT · 43 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
19. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 10, 10:55 PM AKDT · 44 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
20. 1.953 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 10, 3:24 PM AKDT · 44 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tmpf (also filed as aka2026qmjgej). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.