Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 129 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 129 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 4:22 AM AKST (13:22 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.3 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Feb 27, 2023, 4:22 AM AKST
UTC: 2023-02-27 13:22:13 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.690° N, 163.451° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 242°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast160 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 108.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jh8k (also filed as ak0232o51i73). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC.