Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 11:42 AM AKST (20:42 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-13 20:42:04 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.845° N, 162.666° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 623 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.850 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 622 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.8121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.783 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.381 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 619 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.944 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 618 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 617 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.283 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.7101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 616 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.875 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 616 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 613 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.960 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 611 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.5115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 611 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 609 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.078 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 609 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.180 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 4.2105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 1.966 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 3.079 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 606 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 606 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 3.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.6108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.762 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.7153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.831 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 604 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 603 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 4.4145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.7155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.8149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.7154 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 3.4164 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 3.1151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.4154 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 601 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 601 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.773 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 600 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 599 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.634 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 599 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 598 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.878 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 598 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 3.274 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 597 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 4.5140 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 595 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.367 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 595 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 2.586 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 594 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 594 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.7190 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 594 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 3.2202 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 624 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.5127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 624 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.983 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 627 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 627 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 628 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.944 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 628 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.833 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 628 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 629 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 630 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 630 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.741 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 630 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.9106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.7125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 631 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 631 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 631 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.937 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 632 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.584 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 632 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.295 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 632 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.0141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 3.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pbyv (also filed as ak025lu56uo). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:49 AM UTC.