M2.5 earthquake 108 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 108 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 7:09 PM AKDT (03:09 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 153 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-23 03:09:24 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.887° N, 163.282° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 223°, 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: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.059 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.982 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.428 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.560 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.369 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.183 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.150 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.089 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.190 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.888 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.674 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.078 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1270 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.953 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.3Alaska Peninsula · 1266 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.098 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.296 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.5103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.331 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.495 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.7110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.7112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.744 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.267 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 103 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4125 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 2.387 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
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