Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 79 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 79 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Feb 2, 2024, 3:31 AM AKST (12:31 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 151 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-02 12:31:12 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.311° N, 162.604° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.481 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 969 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.333 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 968 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.861 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 968 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.811 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 968 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.950 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 967 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.691 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 967 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.378 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 965 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.288 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 964 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.5109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.142 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 963 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.876 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 961 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.734 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.032 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.828 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.871 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 961 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.180 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 957 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 2.482 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 956 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.172 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 955 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.878 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 955 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 954 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 954 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 953 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 953 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.633 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 953 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.686 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 1.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.477 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 952 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 951 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 3.051 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 950 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.388 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.088 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 949 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.935 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 3.472 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 949 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 949 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 3.288 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 948 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.974 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 948 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 970 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.180 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.179 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.084 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 971 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.2137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.693 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 971 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.875 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 972 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.766 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 972 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.158 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 973 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.189 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 973 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.044 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 974 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.637 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.7102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 974 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 975 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.555 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 3.261 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 976 days ago · 64 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.3111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away

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