Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Mar 6, 2023, 12:16 AM AKST (09:16 UTC), 26 km (16 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
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-03-06 09:16:21 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.902° N, 163.953° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.943 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.5100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.880 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 45 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 1.696 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.086 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.971 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 3.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.8108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.883 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.927 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.6127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.387 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.5108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.059 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.983 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 3.4128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.184 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.6137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.981 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.362 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.428 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.560 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 3.369 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.665 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 2.739 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.183 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 2.660 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.150 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.089 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 1.557 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.0112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 1.888 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.9108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.674 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 4.3115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.248 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.4142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.1114 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.3128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.3164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.379 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.171 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.571 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.891 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.497 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away

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