Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 9:11 PM AKST (06:11 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-11 06:11:31 UTC
Depth
20.5 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.584° N, 162.805° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
241°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.5120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.7238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.6south of Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 3.3south of Alaska · 1350 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.7163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 4.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 3.3155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 3.2156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.6164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 3.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.2173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 2.6165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 2.9166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.9190 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.8163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.7158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 4.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 3.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.6162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 4.2159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 3.0165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 2.8170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 3.3163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 3.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.2164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.5167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.6155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 2.6152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.8168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 2.1102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 2.5111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.9south of Alaska · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.089 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.693 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.170 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.5131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jjji (also filed as ak023iajuhb). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:15 PM UTC.