Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 101 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 101 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 10:31 AM AKST (19:31 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-08 19:31:54 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.948° N, 163.183° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
221°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 62 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.687 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.7166 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.684 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.291 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 3.7106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.7111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.8111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 2.6122 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 2.0107 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.279 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 2.623 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.383 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.681 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 2.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 69 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.0155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 3.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.6117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2467 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006zu2 (also filed as ak020djsrsr). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC.