M3.5 earthquake 88 km NW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 88 km NW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 5:40 AM AKST (14:40 UTC), 243 km (151 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-25 14:40:48 UTC
- Depth
- 243.4 km (151.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.518° N, 164.186° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.3 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.130 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 208 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7105 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 179 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.846 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.088 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 196 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 187 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.731 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 181 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.718 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gf8j (also filed as ak021ghyic7w). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:54 AM UTC.