Alaska earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 2:45 AM AKST (11:45 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mb), light
Local time: Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 2:45 AM AKST
UTC: 2023-01-19 11:45:11 UTC
Depth: 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.409° N, 163.548° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
Strongest shaking: II, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: II, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: -3.4 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.4 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 82°
Stations used: 105

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast167 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 111.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5hk (also filed as ak023vm11eq). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC.