Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 24 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 24 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, May 14, 2022, 11:59 PM AKDT (07:59 UTC), 120 km (74 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
2022-05-15 07:59:47 UTC
Depth
119.8 km (74.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.950° N, 163.752° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.266 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.343 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.538 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.657 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.835 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 183 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.843 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.715 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.977 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.751 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.594 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.528 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.825 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 3.143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.729 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.718 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 168 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 1.849 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 122 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.734 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.87 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.524 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 155 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 1.739 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.946 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.735 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.732 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.879 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 3.067 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.687 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 3.056 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.517 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.743 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 1.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 1.848 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.028 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 1.549 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.157 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 154 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.547 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.047 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.683 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 203 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.038 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 132 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.589 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.650 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.023 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 139 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02267e2mt5. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.