Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 142 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 142 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Sep 1, 2023, 7:31 AM AKDT (15:31 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-09-01 15:31:11 UTC
Depth
28.6 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.578° N, 163.499° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.188 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1123 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.650 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.0142 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.097 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1118 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.945 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1117 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.281 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.2117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.6104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1115 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.748 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.6107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.7109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.794 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.296 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.665 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.1110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 3.395 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.891 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.691 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.497 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.7109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.275 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.585 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.889 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.081 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.889 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.2140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 2.671 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.072 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.6104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 1.7103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.385 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 2.0100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.290 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.999 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.275 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.397 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 3.0161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.2114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.8103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.982 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 1.9115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.9134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.289 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 3.0136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1124 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.0104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.171 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1126 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.9120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1127 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.6194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1128 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.8136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1128 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.884 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1130 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 3.486 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.293 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.593 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.691 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1132 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.8107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1134 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.8143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1135 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kvna (also filed as ak023b7s8uib). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC.