Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 17 km E of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 17 km E of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 11:43 AM AKST (20:43 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 21 km E of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-05 20:43:00 UTC
Depth
77.7 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.860° N, 163.140° 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
19

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 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2459 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.015 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 1.51 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.023 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 4.521 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 98 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.279 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.227 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 151 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.623 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 131 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 3.525 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.124 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 184 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2467 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.062 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.081 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2484 days ago · -2 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2485 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0208lume2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC.