Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 12:45 PM AKDT (20:45 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-28 20:45:45 UTC
Depth
25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.469° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.9146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.994 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.6114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.896 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.995 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.5115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.5128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 2.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 3.8105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.7100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.4138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.6112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 3.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.3107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.7120 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.7102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.9139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.783 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.780 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 3.3135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.8139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 2.3130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 3.1136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 2.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.5133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 3.3122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 2.8123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.9190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.6100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 3.098 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.578 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.3151 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.1150 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.8108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 3.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.4160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.6102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.4132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 4.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away

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