Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 3 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 3:02 AM AKDT (11:02 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 49 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-30 11:02:36 UTC
Depth
73.2 km (45.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.158° N, 162.750° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.734 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.091 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.635 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 164 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.758 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.750 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.745 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 3.449 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 161 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.148 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 167 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.921 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1444 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.742 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.543 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.645 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.725 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.946 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1441 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1438 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.541 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.552 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.875 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 2.543 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.635 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.741 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.938 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 2.544 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.848 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.867 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.544 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.040 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 1.932 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 1.557 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 3.160 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.230 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.844 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.130 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.026 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.324 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 122 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 2.237 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.947 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.869 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 3.055 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.850 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.860 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.949 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.910 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 116 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.159 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.664 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 1.626 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.757 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.753 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.935 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.716 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 121 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.830 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 107 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.140 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022cjoa0py. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC.