M 5.0 earthquake – 143 km S of False Pass, Alaska
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Local time: Oct 29, 2026 · 12:14 (UTC-8)
ModerateShallow · 16 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.0moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 16 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 53.584, -163.0281,154 km from Anchorage
- Energy released
- 477 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 3.0max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 385USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 20, 2026.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 477 tons of TNT, 1 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 8.6 The 1946 Unimak Island, Alaska Earthquake Apr 1, 1946
- 7.6 2020 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake Oct 19, 2020
- 7.4 54 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska May 31, 1917
- 7.3 2025 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake Jul 16, 2025
- 7.2 2023 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake Jul 16, 2023
- 7.1 90 km SE of King Cove, Alaska May 14, 1948
- 7.1 39 km S of Akutan, Alaska Mar 22, 1957
- 7.0 71 km SE of King Cove, Alaska May 30, 1991