M2.2 earthquake 18 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 18 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Feb 5, 2017, 9:09 AM AKST (18:09 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 69 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-05 18:09:51 UTC
- Depth
- 91.0 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.750° N, 163.188° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.428 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.268 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.372 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.885 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.083 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.299 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.449 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.584 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.469 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 179 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.462 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.339 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.046 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.986 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.379 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.144 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.337 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 87 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.132 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.162 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.284 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.365 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.041 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.589 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.327 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.4107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.455 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.816 km W of King Cove, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 110 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.554 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.574 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3527 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.296 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.4103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.475 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.053 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.810 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.284 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.556 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.729 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.446 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.896 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.913 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
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