M2.3 earthquake 194 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 194 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Feb 8, 2023, 10:15 AM AKST (19:15 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 142 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-08 19:15:12 UTC
- Depth
- 20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.246° N, 165.483° 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.
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7200 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9202 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.8142 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5147 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0137 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9197 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9133 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 1.9133 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3162 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.0199 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.097 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1137 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4189 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0231std0f1. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.