M2.2 earthquake 9 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 9 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 11:45 AM AKDT (19:45 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 98 km SSE 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
- 2021-04-23 19:45:29 UTC
- Depth
- 92.6 km (57.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.766° N, 163.400° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.328 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 99 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.187 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 123 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.784 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 190 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.882 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.953 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
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