Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 40 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 40 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 12:24 AM AKST (09:24 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-25 09:24:15 UTC
Depth
143.2 km (89.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.208° N, 163.570° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 206 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1324 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.744 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.019 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.927 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.059 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.333 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 140 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.827 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 159 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.524 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 123 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.140 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 146 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.929 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.017 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.91 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.913 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 165 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.216 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jm46 (also filed as ak02315hxr8i). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.