Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 28 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 28 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Feb 4, 2023, 11:46 PM AKST (08:46 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 69 km E of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-05 08:46:37 UTC
Depth
31.7 km (19.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.817° N, 163.858° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.465 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 169 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.789 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.580 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 85 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.254 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 2.744 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.5100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.883 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.927 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.059 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.333 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 140 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.184 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.981 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.428 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 97 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.560 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 3.369 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.665 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.183 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.150 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 89 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 206 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.1102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.740 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 143 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jll3 (also filed as av91087163, ak0231nodwfl). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC.