Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 44 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 44 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 3:36 AM AKDT (11:36 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 75 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-09-30 11:36:44 UTC
Depth
68.3 km (42.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.492° N, 163.116° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
194°, 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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.513 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.290 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.790 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.275 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.397 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.238 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.138 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 73 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.938 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.038 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.138 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1090 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.2114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.175 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.983 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.023 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 1.550 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 3.452 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.654 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 1.744 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.9115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.070 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.289 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.984 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 3.067 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 1.812 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 3.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 79 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 2.413 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.8122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.290 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1074 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.837 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.728 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.163 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 2.188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.6111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.886 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 1.939 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 80 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 1.949 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1062 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1059 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.693 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 2.593 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 3.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 2.6110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.0100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.639 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.7103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.839 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.889 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1100 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.850 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.913 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.585 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.650 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.048 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lfar (also filed as ak023cjohbo5). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:41 AM UTC.