M1.8 earthquake 21 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

1.8 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 1:02 PM AKST

UTC

2023-01-02 22:02:06 UTC

Depth

0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.763° N, 163.700° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.27

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

131°

Stations used

7

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast94 kmWSW

After

1. 1.522 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 3:28 PM AKST · 1364 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.520 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 5:22 PM AKST · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 6:25 PM AKST · 1364 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.3101 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 8:51 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
5. 1.921 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 10:13 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
6. 1.621 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 10:35 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
7. 1.5Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 12:03 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
8. 2.216 km NNE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 3:35 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 121 km deep · 37 km away
9. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 7:29 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
10. 2.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 6:15 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
11. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 6:45 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
12. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 7:38 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
13. 2.095 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 9:53 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
14. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 10:48 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
15. 1.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 8:42 AM AKST · 1362 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
16. 2.170 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 2:34 AM AKST · 1361 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
17. 2.195 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 6:23 AM AKST · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
18. 2.693 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 11:53 AM AKST · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
19. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 2:02 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
20. 2.029 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 4:02 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
21. 2.913 km N of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 6, 3:27 AM AKST · 1360 days ago · 165 km deep · 29 km away
22. 1.91 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 6, 2:33 PM AKST · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
23. 1.973 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 6, 3:28 PM AKST · 1360 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
24. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 6, 6:45 PM AKST · 1360 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
25. 1.956 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jan 6, 9:08 PM AKST · 1359 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
26. 2.017 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 7, 3:02 AM AKST · 1359 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
27. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 7, 9:34 AM AKST · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
28. 1.929 km S of Cold Bay, AlaskaSat, Jan 7, 11:02 AM AKST · 1359 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
29. 2.253 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 7, 9:26 PM AKST · 1358 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
30. 2.191 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 5:32 PM AKST · 1357 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
31. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 8:18 PM AKST · 1356 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
32. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 10:24 PM AKST · 1356 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
33. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 7:39 AM AKST · 1356 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
34. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 9:27 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
35. 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 9:36 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
36. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 2:00 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
37. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 4:23 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
38. 1.544 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 10:17 PM AKST · 1354 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
39. 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 12, 1:09 AM AKST · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
40. 3.140 km WNW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 13, 8:43 PM AKST · 1352 days ago · 146 km deep · 34 km away
41. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 13, 8:50 PM AKST · 1352 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
42. 2.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaSat, Jan 14, 6:36 AM AKST · 1352 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
43. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 14, 9:52 AM AKST · 1352 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
44. 2.524 km NE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 14, 10:38 PM AKST · 1351 days ago · 123 km deep · 45 km away
45. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 15, 1:19 PM AKST · 1351 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
46. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 3:29 AM AKST · 1350 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
47. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 7:06 AM AKST · 1350 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away
48. 2.088 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 11:11 AM AKST · 1350 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
49. 1.640 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 11:14 AM AKST · 1350 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
50. 2.276 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 12:15 PM AKST · 1350 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
51. 2.3Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 2:36 PM AKST · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
52. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 4:08 PM AKST · 1350 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
53. 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 10:15 PM AKST · 1349 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
54. 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 17, 3:51 PM AKST · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
55. 2.188 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 17, 9:39 PM AKST · 1348 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
56. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Jan 18, 5:37 AM AKST · 1348 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
57. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 19, 9:08 AM AKST · 1347 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
58. 2.7Alaska PeninsulaFri, Jan 20, 12:06 PM AKST · 1346 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
59. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 21, 2:28 AM AKST · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
60. 2.568 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 21, 11:36 AM AKST · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

1. 2.121 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 11:47 AM AKST · 1364 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.020 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 11:36 AM AKST · 1364 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
3. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 1:37 AM AKST · 1364 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
4. 2.552 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 1:13 AM AKST · 1364 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
5. 2.896 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 1, 7:57 PM AKST · 1364 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
6. 1.654 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Dec 31, 3:48 AM AKST · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
7. 2.097 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 11:26 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
8. 3.1Unimak Island region, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 5:43 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
9. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 3:59 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
10. 2.385 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 11:47 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
11. 2.5Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 9:10 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
12. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 8:30 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
13. 2.686 km W of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 11:30 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 135 km deep · 69 km away
14. 2.4Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 3:21 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.185 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 10:56 PM AKST · 1369 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
16. 1.833 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 6:56 PM AKST · 1370 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
17. 1.831 km W of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 6:55 PM AKST · 1370 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 6:06 PM AKST · 1370 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
19. 2.187 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 5:48 PM AKST · 1370 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
20. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 10:56 AM AKST · 1370 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91741901. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.