Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 12:55 AM AKST (09:55 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-01-30 09:55:54 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.584° N, 163.292° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.962 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.719 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.561 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.870 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.850 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.047 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.980 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.830 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 1.929 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.031 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.234 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.849 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.731 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 181 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.753 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.941 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 2.049 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 2.2106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.1101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 4.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.254 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.645 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 2.652 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 1.917 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.718 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 1.733 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1681 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.755 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 1.922 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 2.2117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1680 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.334 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.031 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
  60. 2.531 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.8120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away

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