Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 76 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 2:43 AM AKDT (10:43 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-07-31 10:43:56 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.277° N, 162.758° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.683 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.568 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.882 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.115 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 177 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.878 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.720 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.933 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.035 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.045 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.020 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.432 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 147 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.847 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.1108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.0114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.981 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 3.368 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.731 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.085 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 1.850 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.169 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 1.985 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.4115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.0102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 1.860 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 2.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.54 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 3.545 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 2.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 1.615 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.197 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.981 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.128 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.8143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.124 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.183 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1134 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 2.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.844 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.646 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.987 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.046 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1159 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.899 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.5139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.979 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 3.6115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.763 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.55 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.7105 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.0100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0239qs58wi. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC.