M2.1 earthquake 95 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 95 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 5, 2023, 6:23 AM AKST (15:23 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-05 15:23:44 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.996° N, 163.381° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.693 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.089 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.253 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.191 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.977 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.5120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.088 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.3155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.6164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 166.
Before
- 2.170 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.5131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.770 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.621 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.921 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.520 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
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