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M4.5 earthquake – False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the False Pass, Alaska region at 07:31 UTC on 11 Sept 2026, at a depth of 50 km, according to USGS.

Data: USGS · updated 2026-09-23 05:25 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude
4.5light
body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth
50.3 km
Status
Reviewed
Origin time
2026-09-11 07:31:46 UTC
Epicentre
54.061° N, 163.155° W

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
No towns within 400 km. This is a remote area.

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 55 km.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.

AgencyMagnitudeDepthEpicentreTime offsetStatus
USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey4.5 mb50.3 km54.06° N, 163.15° W–Reviewed

How big was it?

Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.

It released roughly the energy of 85 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 50 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

M4.5 releases about 32× the energy of M3.5, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 85 t of TNT vs 2.7 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M3.5. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

4 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M2.8 17 days ago. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M4.5

4 later earthquakes nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
0.182.89
1.132.535
36.242.635
118.642.716
  1. 2.8False Pass, Alaska09-11 07:42
  2. 2.7False Pass, Alaska09-16 06:09
  3. 2.6False Pass, Alaska09-12 19:46
  4. 2.5False Pass, Alaska09-11 08:39

Did you feel it?

Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.

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Reports on SeismoAtlas

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Event id us7000tgk1. First recorded here 28 Sept 2026, 17:32:12 UTC. Solutions: USGS (usgs:us7000tgk1). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.5 earthquake – False Pass, Alaska”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/us7000tgk1-m4-5-earthquake-false-pass-alaska, data from USGS.

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