Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 150 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 150 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 12:39 AM AKDT (08:39 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2026-09-13 08:39:18 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.511° N, 163.197° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
221°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 since this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 14 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.567 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 14 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.5106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 13 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.494 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 12 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.8144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 12 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.596 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 12 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 12 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 11 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 5.0244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.781 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 8 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 8 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 6 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 3.5123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.683 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 40 hr ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.4103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.4116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.3117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 17 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.5107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 19 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.8106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 19 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.589 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 19 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.8192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 19 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.6142 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 19 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.7115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 20 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.2110 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 20 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.5102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 21 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.5103 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 21 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.9160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 22 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 3.1221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 22 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.795 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 22 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.093 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 23 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 25 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000th6z (also filed as aka2026sdquns). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.