Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 33 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 33 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 4:52 PM AKST (01:52 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 30 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-03 01:52:06 UTC
Depth
131.1 km (81.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.116° N, 163.677° 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

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Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.824 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 163 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 147 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.9101 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 112 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2045 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 1.721 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.740 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.74 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.022 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.017 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 134 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.823 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.224 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.026 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.78 km NW of King Cove, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 3.033 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 152 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away

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