Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 8:43 AM AKST (17:43 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 8:43 AM AKST
UTC: 2023-01-03 17:43:51 UTC
Depth: 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.533° N, 162.711° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast172 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 123.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5ya (also filed as ak02358zql1). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC.