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M4.1 earthquake 134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 4:49 PM AKST (01:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-23 01:49:57 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.689° N, 162.866° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.1mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.087 · 36 stations
4.1mb, body-waveAlaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
116

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 3.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 3.2153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.6193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.3109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.559 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 3.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.548 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 3.8103 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.4119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 3.594 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 3.1104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 3.299 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 2.7154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 3.9151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.4115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.2110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.4107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.4144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 3.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.5131 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 2.4100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.5165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.3123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.9160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.6119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.5144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 3.1136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.270 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.3105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bv8b (also filed as ak17645060, ak017gefr1v5). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC.