Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Feb 27, 2022, 7:47 PM AKST (04:47 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 44 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-02-28 04:47:12 UTC
Depth
23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.631° N, 163.344° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 25 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.621 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.936 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.596 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.635 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.738 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.8116 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.048 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.522 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.729 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1669 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.064 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.739 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1668 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.677 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1667 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.729 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 3.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 1.882 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1665 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 1.529 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 1.525 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 3.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 2.0114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.8101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.721 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 1.747 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
  46. 1.548 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 1.9102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.012 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 155 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 1.641 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.830 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1656 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.941 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.661 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.950 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.847 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 152.

Before

  1. 1.823 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.817 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.993 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.852 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.034 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.531 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.031 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.334 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1677 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.2117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.922 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.755 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1678 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.733 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0222pndb6e. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:09 PM UTC.