Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 84 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 84 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 7:24 AM AKST (16:24 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 86 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-01 16:24:07 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.193° N, 162.775° 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: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.721 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.9104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.470 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 5.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 3.5121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 3.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 4.3121 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2082 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.6125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 3.0122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.088 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  53. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 3.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.7140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.740 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.068 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.022 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.2108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away

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