Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 6:36 PM AKDT (02:36 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-04-21 02:36:32 UTC
Depth
13.6 km (8.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.283° N, 162.523° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.741 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.086 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.471 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.838 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.675 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.664 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.098 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.844 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.773 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 67 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.983 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.0108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.085 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.694 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.944 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1610 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 2.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 2.158 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.675 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 1.528 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.923 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.558 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 3.392 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 1.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 1.650 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 3.487 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 3.5141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.752 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 1.890 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 180.

Before

  1. 1.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.920 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1623 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.79 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.5113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.8Alaska Peninsula · 1626 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.862 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1627 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.639 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.823 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 164 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.921 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1630 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.077 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.842 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02253m26br. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.