Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 7, 2023, 4:28 AM AKDT (12:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-08-07 12:28:49 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.903° N, 163.952° 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: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.731 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.085 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.5132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.180 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.3162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.897 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.0148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.985 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 55 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.5140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.4115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 3.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.679 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 5.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 4.2100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.196 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.793 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.997 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 1.8100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 2.5102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 3.082 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 3.099 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 3.394 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 2.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.794 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 2.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 2.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 2.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.186 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.7111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.672 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.8135 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 1.883 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.615 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 1.945 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.847 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.845 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.6161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.773 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.851 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.8143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 1.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 1.8107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 168.

Before

  1. 2.0114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.066 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.1108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 3.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.933 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.720 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.193 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.382 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 3.474 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.1109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 3.0134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.6140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.7136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.8137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 4.5139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023a2e0bau. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.