Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 12:40 AM AKST (09:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 66 km SW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-01-20 09:40:07 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.584° N, 163.289° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterReviewed · ±0.3 · 12 stations
2.27ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.255115006824542 · 13 stations

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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.472 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 257 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.5111 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 257 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.378 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 257 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.292 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 256 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.056 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 256 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.896 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 256 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.293 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.595 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.723 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 3.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 3.297 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.255 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 250 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.686 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 250 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 3.18 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 249 days ago · 168 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.451 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 249 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.5103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 246 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.496 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 245 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.268 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 245 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.815 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 244 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.519 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.642 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 242 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.151 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 242 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.467 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 239 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.4113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 2.4120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.6117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.6112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.790 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.9128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 235 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 233 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 4.566 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 232 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 229 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 228 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 2.698 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 227 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.588 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 226 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 2.257 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 225 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 225 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.499 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 225 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.281 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 224 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.475 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 224 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.4122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 224 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.351 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 223 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.545 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 220 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 2.136 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 220 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 2.892 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 216 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.7102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 216 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.698 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 216 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.349 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 215 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.5111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 213 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.7116 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 211 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 2.758 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 210 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.478 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 209 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.350 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 203 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.487 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 202 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.6103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 202 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.2102 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 201 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 2.861 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 199 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 199 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 2.445 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 258 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.079 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 258 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.681 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 259 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.7103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 260 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 260 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.0108 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 261 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 262 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 264 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.445 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 264 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 267 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.342 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 267 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.0121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 267 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 268 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 268 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.838 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 269 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.642 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 274 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.489 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 275 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.176 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 275 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 277 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 277 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rqx6 (also filed as av94003416, ak2026bjqapz). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC.