Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 42 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 42 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, May 14, 2023, 1:58 PM AKDT (21:58 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 136 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-05-14 21:58:58 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.483° N, 163.234° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.759 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.931 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.985 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.5113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.785 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.7105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.683 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.3109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.171 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 3.287 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.0101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.091 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.648 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.223 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.84 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.748 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 2.593 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.738 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.641 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.0102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.073 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.667 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.056 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 2.699 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 3.289 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 2.938 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.744 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.6104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.879 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 3.575 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 3.0117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.864 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 3.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.9116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1216 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1215 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.669 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.969 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 2.290 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 4.6136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 4.1136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.082 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.877 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.698 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.995 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.774 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.8123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.8111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.147 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.981 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 3.096 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 3.295 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.496 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 3.0101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.991 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.655 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.186 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.636 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.688 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kcwu (also filed as ak02365yv5xj). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC.