Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 6:45 PM AKST (03:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 94 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-07 03:45:24 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.282° N, 162.495° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.017 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.840 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.929 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.089 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.184 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.253 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.5146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.544 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.884 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.564 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.395 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.944 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 2.524 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.9104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.794 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1346 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.5111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1335 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 1.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.91 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.870 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.913 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 165 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.693 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.170 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.5131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jj0b (also filed as ak023bmtfg4). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC.