M2.6 earthquake 74 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 74 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 6, 2023, 5:59 PM AKDT (01:59 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-07 01:59:54 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.193° N, 163.257° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.295 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.531 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.464 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.7103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.694 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.026 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.299 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.693 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.792 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1171 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.676 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.8113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.5112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.244 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.386 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.571 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0south of Alaska · 1164 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.036 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.757 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.951 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1161 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.084 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.6115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 164.
Before
- 2.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.573 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1180 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.768 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.590 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.7117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.633 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.736 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2south of Alaska · 1185 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.482 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.164 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.252 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1187 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.585 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1188 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
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