Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 35 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 35 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 11:38 AM AKST (20:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 105 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-24 20:38:35 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.538° N, 163.524° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
333°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.5115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 611 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.078 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 609 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.2105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.966 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.142 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.129 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.079 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 3.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 605 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 605 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.6108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 605 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.762 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.831 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.987 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 170 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.974 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 601 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.077 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 601 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 599 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.634 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 599 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.367 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 595 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.841 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 594 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 1.728 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 593 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 1.849 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 1.930 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 593 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.0102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 592 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.9101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 592 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.1116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 592 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.1110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 591 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.2111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 590 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.764 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 590 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.248 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 590 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.747 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 589 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.189 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 589 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.285 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 588 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.518 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 588 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 3.0113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 588 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.398 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 587 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.969 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 587 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.229 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 587 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.929 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 587 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 1.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 587 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 3.087 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 586 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 586 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.765 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 585 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.397 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 585 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.627 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 585 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 584 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 2.7100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 584 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 1.980 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 584 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 1.937 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 584 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 584 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.7115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 584 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.9119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 584 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 583 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 2.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 615 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.875 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 616 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.7101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.283 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 618 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.528 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 618 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.944 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 618 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 3.381 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 620 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.282 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 620 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 3.127 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 620 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.783 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.8121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.614 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.614 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.850 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 622 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93030794. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.