Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 78 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 78 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 7:20 AM AKST (16:20 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 140 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-28 16:20:41 UTC
Depth
15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.304° N, 162.657° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 609 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.180 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.2105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.966 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.564 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.129 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.079 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 606 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 606 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.181 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 605 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 3.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.6108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.762 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 1.831 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.234 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 603 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 603 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 601 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 601 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 601 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.773 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 600 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.6104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 600 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 599 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 2.634 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 599 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 598 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 598 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.878 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 598 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 3.274 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 597 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 4.5140 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 595 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.367 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 595 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.567 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 594 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.586 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 594 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 594 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.841 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 594 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.6146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.728 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 593 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 1.849 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 1.930 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 593 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 2.9151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 592 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.1116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 591 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 3.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 590 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.248 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 590 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 589 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.747 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 589 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.147 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 589 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 2.189 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 589 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.132 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 588 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 588 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 2.518 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 588 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 3.0113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 588 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 587 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.9137 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 587 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 609 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.960 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 611 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 613 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 615 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.875 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 616 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.7101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.283 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 617 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.528 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 617 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.944 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 618 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 619 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.381 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 619 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.127 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 620 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.783 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 3.8121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0251akp12e. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.