Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 21 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 21 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 1:32 PM AKDT (21:32 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 95 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-07-17 21:32:33 UTC
Depth
161.9 km (100.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.036° N, 163.523° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
167°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.661 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 73 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.015 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 71 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.55 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 65 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.465 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 63 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 58 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.624 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 57 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.736 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 57 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.724 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 56 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.330 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 55 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 55 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.349 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 55 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.986 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 48 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.579 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 44 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.281 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 37 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 37 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.037 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 36 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.049 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 36 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.147 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 35 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 35 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.373 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 35 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 3.374 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 32 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.828 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 31 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.045 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 30 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 4.195 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 29 days ago · 178 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.827 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 25 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 2.418 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 25 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 23 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.823 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 23 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 2.824 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 21 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.7103 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 21 days ago · 172 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.250 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 20 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.622 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 19 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 3.054 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 18 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.243 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 16 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.567 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 2.163 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 74 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.335 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 75 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 76 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.152 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 76 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.328 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 79 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.483 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 82 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 82 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.664 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 83 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.876 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 84 days ago · 175 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.773 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 85 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.933 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 86 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.273 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 87 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 88 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.674 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 88 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.746 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 90 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.455 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 92 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.047 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 99 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 99 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.628 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 100 days ago · 169 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000t1pt (also filed as aka2026obnkrk). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC.