Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 5, 2023, 2:02 PM AKST (23:02 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-05 23:02:28 UTC
Depth
16.3 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.896° N, 163.744° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.7137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.249 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 3.861 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.191 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.5146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.5120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.174 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.074 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 2.287 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.5142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.088 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 4.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 4.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.7163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 4.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 3.3155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 2.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 3.2156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.6164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 3.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.2173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.5102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 2.6165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.041 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 2.693 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.170 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.8131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.5131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.6134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.621 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.921 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.3101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0238ne710. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC.