M2.0 earthquake 27 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 27 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 3:21 PM AKST (00:21 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-30 00:21:24 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.613° N, 163.334° 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.
- 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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1336 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1336 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 89 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0119 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.050 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1326 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.789 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.580 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.169 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.744 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.173 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.019 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 206 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.740 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 143 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1348 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 89 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
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