Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 168 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 168 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 10:33 PM AKDT (06:33 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 151 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-10 06:33:37 UTC
Depth
27.7 km (17.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.340° N, 163.486° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.1157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.6159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.5171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.2165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.9194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 4.7160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 3.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 3.2149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.8177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.3144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 3.2142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 2.5157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 3.7152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.1151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.4217 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.8156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.6195 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.8162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 2.6209 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.9140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.6194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 3.0151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.6170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 4.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 4.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 4.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 3.4132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 3.9146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.8165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.6163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 4.1168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 5.1154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  8. 3.2151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.2171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.0185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.8124 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.3157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 17 km deep · 0 km away
  18. 1.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.880 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.8161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away

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