M2.3 earthquake 100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Dec 24, 2025, 7:01 AM AKST (16:01 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 66 km SW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-24 16:01:27 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.014° N, 162.846° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.40
- Station coverage gap
- 269°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.294 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 281 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.095 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 280 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8105 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 280 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.9101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 280 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.882 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 280 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 278 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 276 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 275 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 274 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 274 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 273 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.598 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.642 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 271 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9143 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 268 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 266 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 266 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.0121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 265 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 264 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.445 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 262 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 260 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0108 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 259 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.677 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 258 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 258 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 257 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.681 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 257 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.079 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 256 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.445 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.472 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 255 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 254 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5111 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 254 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.378 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 254 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 254 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.056 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.896 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 253 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.293 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.6115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 253 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.595 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 253 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 252 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.723 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 251 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.068 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 250 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.297 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 248 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.255 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 248 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.686 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 248 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.18 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 246 days ago · 168 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.451 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 246 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.496 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.268 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 243 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.519 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 240 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.151 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 239 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 238 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of 85.
Before
- 1.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 282 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 283 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 294 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 294 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.373 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 294 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.160 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 296 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.463 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 296 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.451 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 297 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 298 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 299 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.075 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 300 days ago · 66 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.184 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 301 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 302 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.5146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 303 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.993 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 303 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.591 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 304 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.895 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 304 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.318 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 305 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.296 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 307 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 308 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
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