Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 44 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 44 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 22, 2024, 12:15 AM AKST (09:15 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 61 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-22 09:15:23 UTC
Depth
-3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.734° N, 164.063° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 980 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.940 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 980 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.876 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 979 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 978 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.625 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 978 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 978 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.844 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.261 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.555 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.788 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.249 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 974 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.637 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 133 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.044 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 973 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.333 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 968 days ago · 87 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.584 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.950 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 967 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.288 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 963 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.5109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.772 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 963 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.142 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 962 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.734 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.032 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.828 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 957 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 957 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.647 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 956 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 1.651 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.172 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.675 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 953 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.633 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.288 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.388 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.553 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 1.935 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.973 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 1.921 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 938 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 938 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.192 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 938 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.982 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 937 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.29 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 936 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.9100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 3.047 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 983 days ago · 130 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.545 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 983 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.184 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 984 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.427 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 985 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.438 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 985 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.5119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.6100 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 987 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.942 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 987 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.839 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 988 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.747 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 989 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.158 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.745 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 993 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.483 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 994 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.379 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.014 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.625 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 150 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.749 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 1.920 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 141 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91127838. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC.