Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 85 km E of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 85 km E of Akutan, Alaska on Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 2:16 PM AKDT (22:16 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-23 22:16:48 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.084° N, 164.472° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.982 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.939 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 161 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.514 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.757 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.887 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 63 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.949 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.850 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.787 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 1.7106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.063 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.734 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.834 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.5120 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.990 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.613 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.952 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.984 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 64 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 1.977 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 1.7106 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 1.793 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.077 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 1.684 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 1.546 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 2.743 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.080 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 3.066 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 1.977 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 2.067 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 1.872 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.797 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 1.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.681 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 4.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.140 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.875 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 3.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 3.170 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 168.

Before

  1. 1.626 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.6152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 3.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.840 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.756 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.8118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.6119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.761 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.940 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.140 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.0103 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away

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