M1.5 earthquake 13 km SW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 4:39 AM AKDT (12:39 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-30 12:39:48 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.770° N, 163.562° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 283°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.290 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.275 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.397 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1089 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1089 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.452 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.654 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.289 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.984 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.067 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.812 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 79 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.290 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.728 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.163 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.886 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.939 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.949 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1062 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.693 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.593 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.213 km ESE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 146 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.687 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.245 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.11 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.197 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.645 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1044 days ago · 179 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.023 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 91 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.029 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 2.644 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.839 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1100 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.850 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.913 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.585 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.650 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.048 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.275 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av92068161. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC.