M2.0 earthquake 78 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 78 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Apr 6, 2023, 7:02 AM AKDT (15:02 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 136 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-04-06 15:02:07 UTC
- Depth
- 30.1 km (18.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.329° N, 162.597° 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
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.953 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.8109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.370 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1270 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.749 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.685 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.3Alaska Peninsula · 1268 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.098 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1267 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.849 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.139 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.632 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.331 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1264 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.495 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.942 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.246 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.744 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.267 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1260 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1260 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.088 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.84 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.382 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.222 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.4125 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.986 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.59 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1252 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.187 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.025 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.771 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1249 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.096 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.978 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 167.
Before
- 1.82 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.190 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1275 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.150 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.174 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1277 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.183 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.560 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.428 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.775 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1282 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.982 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
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