Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 239 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 239 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, May 21, 2026, 11:06 PM AKDT (07:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2026-05-22 07:06:44 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.715° N, 163.071° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
243°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 113 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.7219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 109 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.9233 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 106 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.9153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 106 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 105 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.6215 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.7219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.8176 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.2157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 104 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.7288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 102 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.5159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 100 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.8186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 100 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.4183 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 98 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.5221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 95 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.7190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 95 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.9198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 91 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.7150 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.7147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 88 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.2156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 86 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 77 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 76 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.9213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 71 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.8144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 71 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.8221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 139 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.9204 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 141 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.6153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 152 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.1152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 153 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 160 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000snt0 (also filed as aka2026kaziqf). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC.