Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 83 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 83 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jun 15, 2022, 7:50 AM AKDT (15:50 UTC), 50 km (31 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
2022-06-15 15:50:48 UTC
Depth
50.3 km (31.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.108° N, 163.304° 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
21

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 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.989 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.828 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1566 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.8106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1565 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.8112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.8110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.875 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 120 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.6125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1562 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.7138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1562 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.594 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1562 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.1106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1562 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.520 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1561 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.9158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1561 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.527 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1561 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.849 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1560 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.573 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1560 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1560 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1560 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1560 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.125 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1559 days ago · 152 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1559 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.2132 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1558 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.8139 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1558 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.779 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1558 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1558 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.527 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 3.091 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1556 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 3.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1556 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.02 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1556 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.045 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 1.9105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 1.995 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.734 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.651 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.976 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 3.8117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 1.630 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.690 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.798 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 1.7118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 1.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1547 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 1.786 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.636 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 1.626 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.695 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1568 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.028 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.2152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.982 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.067 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.670 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1569 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.734 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.8south of Alaska · 1570 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.92 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.580 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1570 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.7103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.7122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.028 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 44 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.848 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1572 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0227msfxmh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC.