Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 27 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 9:34 AM AKST (18:34 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-07 18:34:17 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.615° N, 163.291° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.929 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.089 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.253 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.191 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.544 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.140 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 146 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.944 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.524 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.088 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 2.827 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 159 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 89 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1348 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.740 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 143 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 2.1102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.5111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 206 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1337 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1336 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 89 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 1.840 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.017 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.91 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.913 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 165 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.693 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.170 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away

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