Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 7:24 AM AKST (16:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-02-02 16:24:03 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.864° N, 162.205° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
237°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0203 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.2195 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.0219 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.7south of Alaska · 1329 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.0south of Alaska · 1326 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 3.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.3210 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.6181 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.3174 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.2218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 3.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.9208 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.3south of Alaska · 1290 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.6207 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 3.0231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.6169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.7168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.9190 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.2173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.3south of Alaska · 1349 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.6south of Alaska · 1351 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.7238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.5146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.9south of Alaska · 1358 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jnnj (also filed as ak0231iuejmn). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.