Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 47 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 11:33 AM AKDT (19:33 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 94 km SSE of King Cove, 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
2019-07-15 19:33:31 UTC
Depth
65.8 km (40.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.486° N, 163.036° W
Region
Alaska
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
2.2ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.4ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 2.770 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.736 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.130 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.787 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.841 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.069 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.029 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.165 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.110 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.874 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.187 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.659 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.231 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.213 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 132 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.2123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.862 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.877 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.937 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 166 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.1133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.849 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.644 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.2120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.039 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.147 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.649 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.545 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.632 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 155 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.835 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.949 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.023 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.926 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 2.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.396 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.094 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.227 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2643 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.094 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2643 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.154 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.795 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.598 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.381 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.393 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.6125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.823 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 118 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.718 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.316 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 3.619 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 141 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.094 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.921 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.625 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away

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