Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 203 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 203 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Feb 5, 2023, 7:50 AM AKST (16:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 145 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-02-05 16:50:02 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.243° N, 161.950° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
281°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2195 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 3.0125 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.0219 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.7south of Alaska · 1328 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.0119 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.0south of Alaska · 1325 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 3.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.5115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.3210 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.5119 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.3145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.3174 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.2218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.9208 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 3.3south of Alaska · 1289 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.6127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.6207 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.5246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 3.2235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.0231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.6169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.7168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.9190 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.2173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.3south of Alaska · 1347 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.6south of Alaska · 1350 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.7238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.5146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.9south of Alaska · 1357 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jpgy (also filed as ak0231nt65of). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.