Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 11 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 9:03 PM AKST (06:03 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 50 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-03 06:03:07 UTC
Depth
88.6 km (55.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.755° N, 163.370° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.050 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1326 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.789 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.580 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.169 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 2.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 2.744 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 2.173 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.019 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 2.131 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.883 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.927 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.5108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1336 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 206 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.1102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.740 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 143 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1348 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 89 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.827 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 159 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0231kbv24e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.