Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 46 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 46 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 7:23 AM AKDT (15:23 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 123 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-18 15:23:57 UTC
Depth
78.7 km (48.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.437° N, 163.418° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.6 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 since this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 8 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.135 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.527 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.5123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 hr ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 2.522 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 8 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 8 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.596 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 8 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.494 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 9 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.5106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 10 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 11 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 11 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.243 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 13 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.4103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.4116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.076 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 14 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.3117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.054 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 15 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.5107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 15 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.8106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 16 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.589 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 16 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.622 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 16 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.7115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tx92 (also filed as aka2026snkmxd). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:55 PM UTC.