Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 115 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 115 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 10:49 PM AKDT (06:49 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 153 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-10 06:49:32 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.832° N, 163.685° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 16.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
223°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 since this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 12 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.8192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 12 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.592 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 12 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.9106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 12 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 11 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.3117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 10 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.076 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 10 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.4116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 10 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 10 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.4103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 10 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 10 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 10 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.279 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 10 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.478 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 9 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.294 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 9 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.243 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 9 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 3.2122 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 8 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.958 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 7 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.698 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 7 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 7 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.5106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 6 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 6 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 1.860 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 13 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.2110 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 13 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.250 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 13 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.5103 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 14 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 15 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.795 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 15 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.884 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 16 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.0103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 16 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.481 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 16 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.596 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 17 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.486 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 18 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.418 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 18 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 18 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.484 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 18 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.7108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 19 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.587 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 19 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.5155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 20 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 20 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.595 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 20 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000th3y (also filed as aka2026rxzeif). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.