Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 47 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 47 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 9:07 PM AKST (06:07 UTC), 64 km (40 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-03-13 06:07:11 UTC
Depth
63.6 km (39.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.464° N, 163.111° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.548 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.9102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.891 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1660 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.012 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 155 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1659 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.641 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 56 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.830 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1658 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.941 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1655 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.658 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.661 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.950 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.847 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1652 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.845 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1651 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.743 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1651 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.946 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1649 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.719 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 145 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1648 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.525 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 2.674 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 2.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1646 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.831 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 152 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1645 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1644 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 3.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1642 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 1.532 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 2.032 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 1.929 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 1.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.689 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.99 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.840 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 1.942 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 59 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.721 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.8101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.0114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1661 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.525 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1662 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.9116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.529 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1663 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.074 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.882 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1664 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0223b6b448. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:40 PM UTC.