M2.1 earthquake 38 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 38 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Oct 4, 2023, 7:17 AM AKDT (15:17 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 95 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-04 15:17:01 UTC
- Depth
- -0.6 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.758° N, 163.982° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.452 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.654 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.067 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.812 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.290 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.939 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.949 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1062 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.687 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.245 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.197 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.645 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1044 days ago · 179 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.023 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.029 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.050 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 190 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.487 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.553 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.646 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1034 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.170 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.083 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.028 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 2.038 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1089 days ago · -1 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 96 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.397 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.275 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.290 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.513 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.644 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.842 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.7103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av92073241 (also filed as ak023cqcwa8g). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC.