Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 59 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 2:06 AM AKDT (10:06 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-03-24 10:06:21 UTC
Depth
51.5 km (32.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.411° N, 162.900° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.858 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.333 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.982 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1287 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.775 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.428 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.560 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 53 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.183 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.174 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.150 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1279 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.619 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 165 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.190 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 2.0112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.82 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.078 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.953 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.8109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.164 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 3.370 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1274 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.685 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 3.3Alaska Peninsula · 1273 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.098 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1272 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.994 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 3.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 3.139 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 2.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.632 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.331 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1269 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.495 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.942 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 2.246 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.744 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.267 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 103 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 2.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.5108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.6127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.927 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.131 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 3.176 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1303 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.019 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away

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