Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 6, 2025, 11:52 PM AKST (08:52 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-07 08:52:23 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.995° N, 164.144° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
200°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.287 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 630 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.288 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 629 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.2106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 629 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.382 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 629 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.2105 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 629 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 629 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.157 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 628 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.833 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 628 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.883 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 628 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 628 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.983 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 627 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.051 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 626 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.360 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.5127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 624 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.958 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 624 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.960 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 624 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.7122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 623 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.391 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 623 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.085 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.3113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 3.8121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 2.783 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 3.127 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 620 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.282 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 619 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 3.381 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 619 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 2.083 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 618 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.528 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 617 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 616 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 615 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 2.232 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 614 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.794 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 613 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 612 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.5115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 610 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 2.268 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 610 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.153 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 610 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.6115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 4.2105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 2.142 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 3.079 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 3.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 2.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.6108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 2.7153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 1.831 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 2.987 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 170 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.494 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 603 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.953 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 603 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 4.4145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 2.7155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.8149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 2.085 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.7125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 631 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.287 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 631 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.3107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 631 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.937 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 632 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.584 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 632 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.295 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 632 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.0141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 3.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.7129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.988 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 635 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 635 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.799 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 636 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.2100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 636 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 637 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 637 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 637 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.380 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 637 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 637 days ago · 50 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pasj (also filed as ak025bpu3dc). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC.