Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 29 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 29 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:58 AM AKDT (16:58 UTC), 12 km (7 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-05-19 16:58:06 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.600° N, 163.298° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 3.280 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.683 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 15 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.657 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.835 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 183 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.843 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.596 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.715 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.8101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.977 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.751 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 3.7105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
  21. 1.594 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.528 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 1.825 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 3.143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 1.729 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 2.718 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 168 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.7108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.6113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.7105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.849 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.734 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 1.795 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.9105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.660 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  46. 1.87 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.524 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 155 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.739 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 62 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 2.1104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 1.946 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.735 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 1.732 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.879 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 3.343 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.6118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.738 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1594 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.0116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.769 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.266 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.924 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.549 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.157 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 154 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.547 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.047 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.688 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.695 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.8113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0226e5kmdl. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC.