Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 84 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 4:27 PM AKDT (00:27 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-18 00:27:05 UTC
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.119° N, 163.761° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.891 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.7152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.2107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.5118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.917 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 1.895 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 1.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.579 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.678 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 2.188 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.661 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 4.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 1.9132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.6160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.681 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.889 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 1.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.1174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.2170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.1170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 3.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.0166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.880 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 3.3157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.8124 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.2171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.680 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.772 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.988 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.580 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.854 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.654 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.155 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.553 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.153 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.682 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away

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