M2.2 earthquake 123 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 123 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 8:25 PM AKDT (04:25 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 84 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-21 04:25:09 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.760° N, 163.682° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5209 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.989 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.644 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.273 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.882 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.398 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.231 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.2121 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.2115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7179 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.4122 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1135 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.168 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.792 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.883 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.077 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.076 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.388 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.2115 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.584 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.2103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 1.665 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.873 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.4108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.7130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
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