M3.3 earthquake 86 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 86 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 4:13 AM AKDT (12:13 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
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-20 12:13:23 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.076° N, 163.423° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 183°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.571 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.036 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.757 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.084 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.6115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1157 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.987 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.844 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.683 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.590 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.193 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1152 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.720 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.933 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.035 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.432 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 147 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of 169.
Before
- 2.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 49 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.244 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.5112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.676 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.491 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1171 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.792 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.693 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.299 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
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