M2.7 earthquake 63 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 63 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Aug 3, 2023, 6:08 AM AKDT (14:08 UTC), 72 km (44 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
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-03 14:08:05 UTC
- Depth
- 71.5 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.291° N, 163.563° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.720 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1151 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.933 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.035 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.432 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 147 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.981 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1149 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.731 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 119 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.085 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1146 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.180 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1145 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.897 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.985 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1143 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.860 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 3.196 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.793 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.997 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1142 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.082 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.099 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.394 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.794 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1141 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.54 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.545 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1140 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8135 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.883 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.981 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.847 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1138 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1136 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.128 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.851 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of 140.
Before
- 3.115 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 177 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.995 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.590 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.683 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.535 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 153 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.844 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1157 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.987 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1158 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1159 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
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