M2.8 earthquake 122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 6:31 AM AKDT (14:31 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-10-19 14:31:26 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.813° N, 162.782° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 230°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.3110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.163 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1071 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.886 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.949 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.2112 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.693 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.593 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.757 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.090 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.3116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.592 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1044 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.487 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.179 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.147 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.553 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.142 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.083 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 3.130 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.067 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.984 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.289 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6204 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3136 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.654 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.452 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.998 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
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