Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 51 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 51 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska on Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 11:40 PM AKDT (07:40 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 12 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-19 07:40:14 UTC
Depth
26.8 km (16.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.004° N, 151.633° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 9.0 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
210°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 since this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.412 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 2.960 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 4 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.780 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 4 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.134 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 5 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.25 km SE of Port Lions, Alaska · 6 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.997 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 8 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.949 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 11 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.957 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 11 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.941 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 11 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.941 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 15 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.229 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 15 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.116 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 16 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.368 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 17 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.160 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 17 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.4111 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 17 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.157 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 17 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.620 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 18 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.971 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 18 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.038 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 18 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.678 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.920 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 23 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026sorbkd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.