Reviewed by USGSAlaska7mo ago
M2.5 earthquake 19 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 23:25:00 UTC · 54.738°N, 163.178°W
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 19 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 23:25:00 UTC, at a depth of 99.4 km (intermediate).
- Magnitude
- 2.5
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 99 km
- Intermediate
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquakeDashed circle: 50 km aftershock search area
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
85 kg of TNT
That is about 1/177,558 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 5,623 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
159 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the North American and Pacific plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: intermediate
99 km
Intermediate-depth earthquakes usually break inside a plate that is sinking into the mantle. Shaking spreads over a wide area but is gentler at the epicenter than a shallow quake of the same size.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS lists 1 M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M2.5 on February 26, 2026. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 417 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.6The 1946 Unimak Island, Alaska EarthquakeApril 1, 1946 · 140 km S of this epicenter
- 7.82020 Perryville, Alaska EarthquakeJuly 22, 2020 · 295 km E of this epicenter
- 7.62020 Sand Point, Alaska EarthquakeOctober 19, 2020 · 229 km E of this epicenter
- 7.454 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaMay 31, 1917 · 213 km E of this epicenter
- 7.32025 Sand Point, Alaska EarthquakeJuly 16, 2025 · 175 km E of this epicenter
- 7.22023 Sand Point, Alaska EarthquakeJuly 16, 2023 · 160 km E of this epicenter
- 7.190 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMay 14, 1948 · 131 km E of this epicenter
- 7.139 km S of Akutan, AlaskaMarch 22, 1957 · 199 km SW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 11 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 169 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1946M8.6
Unimak Island
1 Apr 1946 · 140 km away · intensity VI
168 deaths$26 million damagetsunami
- 2023M7.2
Alaska Peninsula
16 Jul 2023 · 159 km away · intensity VI
1 deathtsunami
- 2020M7.8
Alaska
22 Jul 2020 · 295 km away · intensity VII
Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1788M8.0
Alaska Peninsula
6 Aug 1788 · 142 km away
tsunami
- 2020M7.6
Alaska
19 Oct 2020 · 229 km away · intensity IX
tsunami
- 1948M7.5
Alaska Peninsula
14 May 1948 · 143 km away
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.