M2.9 earthquake 134 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 134 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 11:53 PM AKDT (07:53 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-06-25 07:53:44 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.649° N, 163.399° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 215°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1190 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1188 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.585 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1188 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.252 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.164 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.482 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2south of Alaska · 1185 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.736 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.685 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.7117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.590 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1180 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.573 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1180 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.674 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1178 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.697 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.295 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.668 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.694 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.299 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.693 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.792 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1170 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.491 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.676 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.5112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.2118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.386 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3187 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.571 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.084 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.871 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1195 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1195 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.770 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1195 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.2111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1195 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1195 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1196 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1197 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1198 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1198 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1198 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1199 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2105 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1199 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1199 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1199 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.380 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1199 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1200 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.8105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1200 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1200 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
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