Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Feb 8, 2023, 1:16 AM AKST (10:16 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-08 10:16:42 UTC
Depth
12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.926° N, 163.969° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.081 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.789 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.580 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 3.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.5115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.254 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.962 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.037 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.6181 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.666 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.285 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.054 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.971 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 4.3145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.775 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.3129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.4128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.497 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 2.891 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.571 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.171 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.379 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 2.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.3164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 3.3128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.1114 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.248 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 4.3115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.943 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 2.5155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.382 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.8164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.6169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.7168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.188 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 56 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0231so0e1h. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC.