Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 80 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 80 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Feb 12, 2023, 10:35 PM AKST (07:35 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-13 07:35:48 UTC
Depth
62.6 km (38.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.385° N, 164.352° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
185°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 62 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.897 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.254 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.962 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.037 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 69 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.666 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.285 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.775 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.3129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.571 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 2.379 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.248 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 4.3115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.943 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.5100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 2.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 2.086 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.971 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 3.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.8108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.883 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.927 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.387 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 2.5108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.059 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 2.333 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 2.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 1.727 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.789 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.081 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.465 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 169 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.188 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jqwj (also filed as ak02320w0wta). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.