Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 40 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 40 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 8:43 PM AKST (05:43 UTC), 146 km (91 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-01-14 05:43:20 UTC
Depth
146.2 km (90.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.027° N, 163.976° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.524 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 123 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.740 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 143 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.560 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 206 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.078 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.528 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.465 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 169 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.648 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 2.580 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 2.675 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.633 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 85 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.290 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.385 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.531 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.478 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.962 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.642 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.929 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.017 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.956 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.913 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 165 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.216 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.621 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.921 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.520 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.522 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.821 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.121 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.020 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j6cs (also filed as ak023n8radl). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC.