Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 34 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 34 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, May 30, 2022, 2:00 PM AKDT (22:00 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 117 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-05-30 22:00:08 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.552° N, 163.335° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.795 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.9105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.660 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.87 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1582 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.524 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 155 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.739 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 62 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1581 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.1104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.946 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.735 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.732 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1580 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 1.879 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.6115 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 3.067 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.687 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1576 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 3.056 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.517 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.7119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1575 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 1.743 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 77 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 1.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1573 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 82 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 1.848 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 81 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 1.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.028 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 1.7122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.7103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.580 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 1.92 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 1.734 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 3.670 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 2.067 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 61 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 2.028 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 1.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.695 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 1.626 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 1.783 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 1.989 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.828 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1565 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1565 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.8106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1564 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.8112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.8110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1562 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.849 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.7105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.6113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.7108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.718 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 168 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.729 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1586 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 3.143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.825 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.528 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.594 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 3.7105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away

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