Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 87 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 87 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Feb 4, 2023, 6:22 PM AKST (03:22 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 145 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-05 03:22:57 UTC
Depth
42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.074° N, 163.626° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.0125 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.5155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.0119 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.081 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.789 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.580 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 3.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.5115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.254 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.6181 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.285 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 4.3145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.775 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 2.3129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.4128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 2.571 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.379 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.3164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 2.173 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 4.3115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 2.8164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.6169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1335 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.7168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 3.188 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.7152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.9146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away

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