Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 83 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 83 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 3:29 AM AKST (12:29 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-16 12:29:56 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.114° N, 163.195° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
212°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.127 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.282 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 621 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.381 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 621 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.944 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 619 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.528 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 619 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 619 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.283 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.7101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 617 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.875 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 616 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 614 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 613 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.960 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.5115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.078 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 610 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 610 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.6115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 609 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 4.2105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 609 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 609 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 1.966 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.142 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.129 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 3.079 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 608 days ago · 60 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 607 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 3.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.6108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 606 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.762 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 605 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.7153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 605 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.983 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 605 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 1.831 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 605 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 4.4145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 603 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.8149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 603 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.7154 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 603 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 3.1151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 603 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 2.4154 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 603 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.6141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 1.974 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.077 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 602 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.773 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 602 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 600 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.634 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 600 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.367 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 596 days ago · 58 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 2.586 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 595 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 1.841 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 595 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 2.6146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 595 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 1.728 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 594 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.849 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 594 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 1.930 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 594 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.0142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 2.0102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 593 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 1.9101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 593 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 2.9151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.1116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 593 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 2.4111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.8121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.614 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 623 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.614 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 623 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.850 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 623 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 623 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 623 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.727 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 623 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.3113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 624 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.085 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 624 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.7122 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.5127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.051 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 627 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.983 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 628 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 629 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.944 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 629 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.883 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 629 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.833 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 629 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 630 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.2106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 631 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pdj7 (also filed as ak025qnx387). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC.