Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 81 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 81 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, May 8, 2018, 3:22 PM AKDT (23:22 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-05-08 23:22:57 UTC
Depth
79.0 km (49.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.309° N, 164.252° 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: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.5108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.3108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.186 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.189 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.1116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.298 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 4.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.89 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.590 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.635 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.85 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.96 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.74 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.285 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.399 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.636 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 3.083 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 2.156 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 2.469 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.555 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.079 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.027 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.872 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.1117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.986 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.9101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.772 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 3.039 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 3.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 3.596 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 1.9107 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.251 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 4.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.946 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.4148 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.55 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 3.2107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 3.095 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.561 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.061 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 1.986 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.0109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 2.083 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.4100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.610 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 2.156 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.860 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.089 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 3.643 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.1142 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.741 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.5102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.3104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.3103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.491 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 4.293 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.5147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away

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