Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 8:23 AM AKST (17:23 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 167 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Akutan forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-26 17:23:31 UTC
Depth
15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.899° N, 163.863° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.475 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.645 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.4108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.169 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.039 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.4103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.263 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.296 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.0132 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.131 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.1139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.0106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.9112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 1.750 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 3.476 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3521 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 2.268 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 3.4118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 2.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 3.4145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.3147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.3102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 55 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.4110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.761 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.4118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.885 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 3.083 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.038 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.376 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 2.166 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.299 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.8112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.854 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.675 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 2.584 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 3.3130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 2.281 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.379 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 4.2167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 3.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.337 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 4.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.2121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.1119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.1102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.284 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.556 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.377 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.4102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.2100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.899 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.873 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.870 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.934 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 3.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 3.896 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01717a8e1r (also filed as ak15188338). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC.