Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 25 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 25 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:55 PM AKDT (01:55 UTC), 5 km (3 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), micro
Local time: Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:55 PM AKDT
UTC: 2023-04-27 01:55:59 UTC
Depth: 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.666° N, 163.631° 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

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Stations used: 36

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast95 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 117.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0235disybr (also filed as av91864871). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.