Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 23 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 23 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 9:08 AM AKST (18:08 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-01-19 18:08:25 UTC
Depth
88.8 km (55.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.687° N, 163.179° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
181°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1346 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.740 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 143 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.1102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.5111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 206 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1334 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1334 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 89 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.0119 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 3.050 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1324 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.789 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.580 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.166 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.5115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 2.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.035 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.169 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 2.827 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 159 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.524 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 123 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.944 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.140 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 146 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.544 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away

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