Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 24 km NE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 24 km NE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 10:38 PM AKST (07:38 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 23 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-15 07:38:15 UTC
Depth
122.6 km (76.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.034° N, 163.185° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
170°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 104 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.827 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 159 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1348 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.740 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 143 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 206 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 3.050 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1326 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 2.035 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.169 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 2.744 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 2.173 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.019 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.233 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.131 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 1.944 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.140 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 146 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.544 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.253 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.929 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.840 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.017 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.91 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.913 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 165 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jjxi (also filed as ak023oxgf5t). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:20 AM UTC.