Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 37 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 37 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jul 5, 2016, 3:57 PM AKDT (23:57 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 72 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-05 23:57:10 UTC
Depth
78.1 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.655° N, 162.946° 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.

Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.367 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 164 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.743 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 123 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.522 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 156 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.073 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.025 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.743 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.980 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.041 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.856 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.054 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.753 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.289 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.4103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.087 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 52 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.118 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.031 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.8115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.043 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 161 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.260 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.935 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 157 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.089 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.619 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 2.797 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.3109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.977 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.993 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.692 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.088 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.576 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.3101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 2.297 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 70 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 1.8108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.637 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.946 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 159 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.182 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.631 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away · tsunami flag
  10. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.840 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.177 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 3.098 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.799 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.942 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 202 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.594 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.948 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away

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