Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 33 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 33 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 11:14 PM AKDT (07:14 UTC), 140 km (87 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 106 km W of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-03-25 07:14:02 UTC
Depth
139.9 km (86.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.138° N, 163.571° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.428 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.134 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.560 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.033 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.150 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1273 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.619 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 165 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.82 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.953 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.4106 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 238 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.164 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.139 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.632 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.331 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1263 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.942 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1260 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.744 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.267 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.84 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 141 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.740 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.222 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.131 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 136 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 1.59 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1251 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 1.78 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.025 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.828 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 185 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 1.713 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 1.730 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.636 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 160 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.952 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.636 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.147 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 3.142 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 2.759 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.223 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 111 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.84 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.748 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 2.059 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.927 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.019 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.744 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 117 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0233v1e6xp. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:11 AM UTC.