Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 59 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 6, 2017, 1:20 PM AKST (22:20 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 107 km SSW 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
2017-01-06 22:20:47 UTC
Depth
66.8 km (41.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.333° N, 163.600° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.268 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.1118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.8112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.5136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.122 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.672 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.932 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 3.479 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.913 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.4103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 3.896 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 3.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.899 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.2100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.4102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.729 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.556 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 2.413 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.284 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.1119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 3.053 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 3.2121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 4.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 2.2110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 2.475 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.4108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 66 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.4103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.263 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 2.296 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3527 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 3.0132 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.218 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 2.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.9112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 3.476 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.268 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 3.4118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 2.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 3.4145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 2.2109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.888 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.041 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.4143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.9105 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.092 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.082 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.280 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.5114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.925 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.3103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.488 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.487 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.387 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.550 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.694 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.435 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.3105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away

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