Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 82 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 82 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 2, 2018, 6:40 AM AKST (15:40 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 134 km SE of Akutan, 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
2018-01-02 15:40:12 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.118° N, 163.512° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.974 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.179 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.559 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 3.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.548 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.8103 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.672 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.183 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.4119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.594 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 3.130 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 98 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.241 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.1104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.923 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 150 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 3.299 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.177 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.7154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.960 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.4115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.2110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 2.165 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.4144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 3.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 2.5131 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.897 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.7113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 2.086 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 3.4102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 4.8134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 3.4135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.485 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.5139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 2.082 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.3109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.493 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.9102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.988 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.0108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.9102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.2153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 3.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 4.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 4.1134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.4100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away

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