Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 20 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 20 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 1:56 AM AKST (10:56 UTC), 141 km (88 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 61 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-12-28 10:56:08 UTC
Depth
141.4 km (87.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.946° N, 163.126° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.579 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.091 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.696 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.749 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.625 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 150 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.014 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 108 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.379 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.960 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.745 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 994 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.622 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 990 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.158 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 990 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.747 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 990 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.839 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 989 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.942 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 987 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.438 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 986 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.427 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.184 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.545 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 984 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 3.047 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 984 days ago · 130 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 982 days ago · -3 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 1.940 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 981 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.531 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.625 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 82 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 1.844 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 978 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 3.261 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 2.555 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.637 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 975 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.044 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.189 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.179 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.180 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.379 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 2.481 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 969 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.333 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 969 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 1.861 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 968 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.811 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 968 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.950 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 968 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.691 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 967 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.378 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 966 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.142 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 963 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 3.041 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 962 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 962 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.734 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.032 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.828 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.180 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.647 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.651 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 3.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.531 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.946 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.694 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.043 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.693 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.644 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.445 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.265 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.639 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.784 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.721 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 129 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.287 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.649 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.237 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.085 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023gmutzi8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.