M2.7 earthquake 160 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 1:38 PM AKST

UTC

2023-12-17 22:38:17 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.415° N, 163.516° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

244°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

22

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast169 kmESE

After

1. 2.2110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 17, 5:18 PM AKST · 1015 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
2. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Dec 18, 1:24 AM AKST · 1015 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
3. 2.6128 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 20, 9:28 AM AKST · 1012 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
4. 3.3165 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 20, 11:03 AM AKST · 1012 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
5. 3.0155 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 20, 12:59 PM AKST · 1012 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.498 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 21, 4:10 AM AKST · 1012 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
7. 4.089 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 21, 6:03 AM AKST · 1012 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
8. 2.8107 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 23, 4:54 AM AKST · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
9. 2.4131 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Dec 23, 2:09 PM AKST · 1009 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
10. 2.298 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 24, 9:18 PM AKST · 1008 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
11. 2.3107 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 25, 6:22 AM AKST · 1008 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
12. 4.6150 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 25, 8:32 AM AKST · 1007 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 25, 9:55 AM AKST · 1007 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
14. 2.287 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 25, 12:57 PM AKST · 1007 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
15. 2.179 km E of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 3:06 AM AKST · 1007 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
16. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 7:28 AM AKST · 1006 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
17. 3.0134 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 11:15 PM AKST · 1006 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
18. 2.997 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 27, 12:29 AM AKST · 1006 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
19. 3.092 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 27, 1:11 AM AKST · 1006 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
20. 3.593 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 27, 4:33 AM AKST · 1006 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
21. 1.874 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 27, 6:30 PM AKST · 1005 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
22. 2.8212 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 27, 8:15 PM AKST · 1005 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
23. 2.6111 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 28, 9:21 PM AKST · 1004 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
24. 3.188 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 31, 4:11 AM AKST · 1002 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
25. 2.379 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 31, 11:54 PM AKST · 1001 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
26. 2.581 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 1, 7:45 PM AKST · 1000 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
27. 3.2202 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jan 2, 12:45 PM AKST · 999 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
28. 3.1109 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 3, 1:15 AM AKST · 999 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
29. 3.097 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 4, 1:01 PM AKST · 997 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
30. 2.6203 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jan 5, 2:01 PM AKST · 996 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
31. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 7, 3:10 AM AKST · 995 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
32. 2.483 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 8, 3:42 AM AKST · 994 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
33. 3.0104 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 10, 11:10 PM AKST · 991 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
34. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 11, 10:44 PM AKST · 990 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
35. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 11, 11:40 PM AKST · 990 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
36. 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 12, 7:51 AM AKST · 989 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
37. 2.9164 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 14, 8:12 AM AKST · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
38. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 14, 1:20 PM AKST · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
39. 2.7158 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 14, 1:41 PM AKST · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
40. 2.9143 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 15, 6:27 AM AKST · 987 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
41. 2.8114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 15, 7:17 AM AKST · 986 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
42. 3.285 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 15, 1:57 PM AKST · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
43. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 16, 1:19 AM AKST · 986 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
44. 2.5119 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 16, 6:44 AM AKST · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
45. 2.7149 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 17, 3:23 PM AKST · 984 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
46. 2.184 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 18, 3:48 AM AKST · 984 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
47. 3.2105 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 18, 9:26 AM AKST · 983 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
48. 2.9100 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 21, 6:28 AM AKST · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
49. 2.4105 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 21, 7:03 AM AKST · 980 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
50. 3.1115 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 21, 11:58 AM AKST · 980 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
51. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 21, 1:33 PM AKST · 980 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
52. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 23, 8:18 PM AKST · 978 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
53. 1.892 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 24, 6:18 PM AKST · 977 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
54. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 24, 7:42 PM AKST · 977 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
55. 2.1105 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 25, 8:26 AM AKST · 976 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
56. 2.3111 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 26, 10:33 AM AKST · 975 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
57. 2.5108 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 27, 11:36 PM AKST · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
58. 2.295 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 28, 12:08 AM AKST · 974 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
59. 2.788 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 28, 5:44 AM AKST · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
60. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 28, 9:41 AM AKST · 973 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

1. 2.576 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 16, 4:23 PM AKST · 1016 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
2. 3.4159 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 16, 10:03 AM AKST · 1016 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
3. 2.6121 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 15, 2:52 PM AKST · 1017 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
4. 2.3113 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 14, 1:20 PM AKST · 1018 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
5. 2.8115 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 14, 1:13 PM AKST · 1018 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
6. 2.8174 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 12, 6:53 AM AKST · 1020 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.496 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 11, 7:48 PM AKST · 1021 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
8. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 10, 2:10 AM AKST · 1023 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
9. 2.696 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 8, 1:38 PM AKST · 1024 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
10. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 8, 5:33 AM AKST · 1025 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
11. 2.783 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 6, 7:22 PM AKST · 1026 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
12. 3.287 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Dec 4, 7:29 AM AKST · 1028 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
13. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Dec 2, 10:56 PM AKST · 1030 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
14. 4.5154 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 2, 12:29 PM AKST · 1030 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
15. 2.893 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 2, 9:20 AM AKST · 1030 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
16. 2.289 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 2, 7:51 AM AKST · 1030 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
17. 2.3110 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 1, 10:34 PM AKST · 1031 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
18. 3.486 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Nov 30, 5:01 PM AKST · 1032 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
19. 3.2229 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Nov 29, 11:19 PM AKST · 1033 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
20. 2.083 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 29, 7:52 AM AKST · 1033 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m0gt (also filed as ak023g4uyjgo). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC.