M1.8 earthquake 12 km SW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:27 PM AKDT (03:27 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 32 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-19 03:27:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.766° N, 163.541° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 79 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.290 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.330 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 151 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.728 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.163 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.886 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.939 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 80 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.949 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.693 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.593 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.213 km ESE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 146 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.757 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.687 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.245 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.11 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1050 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.197 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.645 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 179 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.023 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.029 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.050 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1044 days ago · 190 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.487 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.537 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.732 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 158 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.147 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.553 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.646 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.083 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 82.
Before
- 3.067 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.984 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.289 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.654 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.452 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away
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