Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 162 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 162 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, May 28, 2017, 9:39 AM AKDT (17:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 162 km S of False Pass, 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
2017-05-28 17:39:43 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.400° N, 163.623° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 4.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.8165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.1162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.1166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.1160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.5161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.1188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.2169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 3.7143 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.4161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.3145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.566 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.481 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.3south of Alaska · 3405 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.2157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 3.2138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 3.2157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.4143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.893 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.080 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 2.376 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 198 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.098 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 3.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.277 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.4160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 73 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 2.2126 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.888 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 2.1117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.699 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.091 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 2.0110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.4118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.7188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 2.7141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 2.0100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.4108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.9144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 3.8160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 1.589 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 2.2167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.1140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.5147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.2147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.088 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.5136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.2140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.3130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.5151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.4148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 3.1133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 3.0133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.7133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.8137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.593 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away

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