M2.6 earthquake 118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 4:47 AM AKST

UTC

2023-01-02 13:47:30 UTC

Depth

29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.853° N, 164.001° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.9 km horizontally, 15.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

226°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

16

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast120 kmESE

After

1. 2.3101 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 8:51 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
2. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 9:52 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
3. 2.6134 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 3:58 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
4. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 7:29 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
5. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 8:43 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 12:04 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
7. 2.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 6:15 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
8. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 6:45 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
9. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 7:38 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
10. 2.095 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 9:53 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
11. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 10:48 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
12. 1.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 8:42 AM AKST · 1362 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
13. 3.039 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 8:54 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
14. 2.8131 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 11:37 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
15. 2.195 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 6:23 AM AKST · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
16. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 2:02 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
17. 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 3:12 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.029 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 4:02 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
19. 1.956 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jan 6, 9:08 PM AKST · 1359 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
20. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 7, 9:34 AM AKST · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
21. 2.3Unimak Island region, AlaskaSat, Jan 7, 5:29 PM AKST · 1359 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
22. 4.7137 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 8, 1:22 AM AKST · 1358 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
23. 1.963 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 8, 7:28 AM AKST · 1358 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
24. 2.249 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 8, 10:27 AM AKST · 1358 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
25. 3.861 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 2:33 PM AKST · 1357 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
26. 2.191 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 5:32 PM AKST · 1357 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
27. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 8:18 PM AKST · 1356 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
28. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 10:24 PM AKST · 1356 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
29. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 9, 11:20 PM AKST · 1356 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
30. 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 4:37 AM AKST · 1356 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
31. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 7:39 AM AKST · 1356 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
32. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 6:28 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
33. 2.5146 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 9:11 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
34. 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 9:36 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
35. 2.5120 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jan 10, 10:50 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
36. 2.174 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 8:34 AM AKST · 1355 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
37. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 2:00 PM AKST · 1355 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
38. 2.288 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 7:30 PM AKST · 1354 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
39. 2.074 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 7:53 PM AKST · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
40. 2.287 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 7:58 PM AKST · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
41. 2.272 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 12, 12:16 AM AKST · 1354 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
42. 1.9107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 12, 1:09 AM AKST · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
43. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 12, 4:37 AM AKST · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
44. 2.5142 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jan 13, 7:44 AM AKST · 1353 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
45. 2.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaSat, Jan 14, 6:36 AM AKST · 1352 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
46. 3.1Unimak Island region, AlaskaSat, Jan 14, 11:19 AM AKST · 1352 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
47. 1.957 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 14, 3:07 PM AKST · 1352 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
48. 2.069 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 14, 4:09 PM AKST · 1352 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
49. 1.766 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 15, 10:16 PM AKST · 1350 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
50. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 3:29 AM AKST · 1350 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
51. 2.088 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 11:11 AM AKST · 1350 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
52. 1.640 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 11:14 AM AKST · 1350 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
53. 2.276 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 12:15 PM AKST · 1350 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
54. 2.3Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 2:36 PM AKST · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
55. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 4:08 PM AKST · 1350 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
56. 2.1100 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 10:15 PM AKST · 1349 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
57. 2.743 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jan 17, 3:59 AM AKST · 1349 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
58. 2.188 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 17, 9:39 PM AKST · 1348 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
59. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Jan 18, 5:37 AM AKST · 1348 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
60. 4.4161 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 18, 9:43 PM AKST · 1347 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 180.

Before

1. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 1:37 AM AKST · 1364 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
2. 2.896 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 1, 7:57 PM AKST · 1364 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
3. 2.097 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 11:26 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
4. 2.1132 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 7:55 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
5. 3.1Unimak Island region, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 5:43 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
6. 2.554 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 4:10 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
7. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 3:59 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
8. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 3:58 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
9. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 10:43 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
10. 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 8:38 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
11. 1.870 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 8:16 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
12. 2.661 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 7:56 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
13. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 2:11 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
14. 2.591 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 1:51 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
15. 2.385 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 11:47 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
16. 2.5Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 9:10 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
17. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 8:30 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
18. 2.6144 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 7:29 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
19. 2.4147 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 3:30 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
20. 2.4Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 3:21 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5ej (also filed as ak0233j3gvx). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.