M2.6 earthquake 169 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 11:20 PM AKST

UTC

2023-02-02 08:20:58 UTC

Depth

23.4 km (14.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.328° N, 163.442° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.4 km horizontally, 19.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

266°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

12

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast178 kmESE

After

1. 2.8Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Feb 1, 11:54 PM AKST · 1334 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
2. 3.0231 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Feb 2, 5:40 AM AKST · 1334 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
3. 3.2235 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Feb 2, 7:24 AM AKST · 1334 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
4. 2.8164 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Feb 2, 11:39 PM AKST · 1333 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.187 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 4, 6:22 PM AKST · 1331 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
6. 3.0203 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Feb 5, 7:50 AM AKST · 1331 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
7. 3.1Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Feb 5, 1:43 PM AKST · 1331 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
8. 3.0219 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 6, 12:05 AM AKST · 1330 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
9. 2.889 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 6, 1:15 AM AKST · 1330 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
10. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Feb 7, 11:36 AM AKST · 1329 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
11. 2.7south of AlaskaTue, Feb 7, 5:44 PM AKST · 1328 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.5155 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Feb 8, 12:59 AM AKST · 1328 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
13. 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Feb 8, 1:16 AM AKST · 1328 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
14. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Feb 8, 3:36 PM AKST · 1328 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
15. 3.0south of AlaskaFri, Feb 10, 9:14 AM AKST · 1326 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
16. 2.8Unimak Island region, AlaskaFri, Feb 10, 11:38 AM AKST · 1326 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
17. 2.789 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Feb 12, 2:33 PM AKST · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
18. 3.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Feb 13, 5:34 PM AKST · 1322 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
19. 3.1170 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 13, 5:44 PM AKST · 1322 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.897 km E of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Feb 14, 5:12 AM AKST · 1322 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
21. 2.5115 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 14, 6:23 AM AKST · 1322 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
22. 2.6181 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 20, 8:43 AM AKST · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
23. 2.285 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Feb 21, 4:12 AM AKST · 1315 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
24. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Feb 25, 5:01 AM AKST · 1311 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
25. 4.3145 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 25, 10:56 AM AKST · 1311 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
26. 2.3Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Feb 26, 10:29 PM AKST · 1309 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
27. 2.3129 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 27, 4:22 AM AKST · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
28. 2.8Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Feb 27, 8:04 AM AKST · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
29. 2.4128 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Feb 27, 12:35 PM AKST · 1309 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
30. 2.5Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Feb 27, 9:26 PM AKST · 1308 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
31. 2.285 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 28, 8:43 AM AKST · 1308 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
32. 2.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Feb 28, 3:23 PM AKST · 1308 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
33. 2.497 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Feb 28, 7:32 PM AKST · 1307 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
34. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 1, 12:10 PM AKST · 1307 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
35. 2.3164 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Mar 3, 12:58 PM AKST · 1305 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
36. 3.3128 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Mar 3, 9:14 PM AKST · 1304 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
37. 2.1114 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Mar 3, 9:34 PM AKST · 1304 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
38. 2.4142 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Mar 3, 11:04 PM AKST · 1304 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
39. 4.3115 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Mar 5, 5:59 PM AKST · 1302 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
40. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Mar 6, 12:16 AM AKST · 1302 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
41. 2.289 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 8, 2:09 AM AKST · 1300 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
42. 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Mar 8, 6:13 AM AKST · 1300 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
43. 2.5152 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 9, 7:46 AM AKST · 1299 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
44. 2.5100 km E of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Mar 9, 8:36 PM AKST · 1298 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
45. 2.9112 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 9, 9:33 PM AKST · 1298 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
46. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Mar 11, 5:06 PM AKST · 1296 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
47. 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Mar 11, 8:09 PM AKST · 1296 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
48. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Mar 11, 11:33 PM AKST · 1296 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
49. 1.696 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Mar 12, 6:21 AM AKDT · 1296 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
50. 2.086 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Mar 12, 10:03 PM AKDT · 1295 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
51. 3.4Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Mar 14, 10:22 AM AKDT · 1294 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
52. 2.8108 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Mar 14, 6:14 PM AKDT · 1293 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
53. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 15, 1:58 AM AKDT · 1293 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
54. 3.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Mar 16, 6:00 AM AKDT · 1292 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
55. 2.9208 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 16, 6:27 AM AKDT · 1292 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
56. 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Mar 18, 10:29 PM AKDT · 1289 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
57. 2.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Mar 19, 8:48 AM AKDT · 1289 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
58. 2.8Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Mar 19, 11:04 PM AKDT · 1288 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
59. 2.6127 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Mar 21, 4:24 PM AKDT · 1287 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
60. 2.387 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Mar 22, 10:56 AM AKDT · 1286 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

1. 2.7168 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 31, 6:40 PM AKST · 1335 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 31, 6:13 PM AKST · 1335 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
3. 2.4Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 31, 5:25 PM AKST · 1335 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
4. 2.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Jan 30, 11:26 AM AKST · 1337 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
5. 3.188 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 29, 4:45 PM AKST · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
6. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 29, 8:41 AM AKST · 1338 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
7. 2.694 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 29, 7:12 AM AKST · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
8. 2.6160 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 28, 6:08 PM AKST · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 28, 3:54 AM AKST · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
10. 2.7152 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 28, 3:10 AM AKST · 1339 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
11. 2.9146 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 27, 12:43 PM AKST · 1340 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
12. 2.2Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Jan 25, 6:21 PM AKST · 1341 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
13. 2.5111 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 25, 1:17 PM AKST · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
14. 2.1102 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 25, 1:54 AM AKST · 1342 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
15. 2.8168 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 24, 10:20 AM AKST · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
16. 2.6152 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 24, 10:13 AM AKST · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.6Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 24, 7:58 AM AKST · 1343 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
18. 2.6155 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 24, 12:07 AM AKST · 1343 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
19. 2.5167 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 23, 7:20 PM AKST · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
20. 2.2164 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 23, 11:39 AM AKST · 1344 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jnzh (also filed as ak0231ipmc2t). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC.