Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 36 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 9:11 PM AKDT (05:11 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-07-08 05:11:23 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.560° N, 163.648° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.79ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.313907287246298 · 15 stations

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.633 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1547 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.8101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1547 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.8105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.698 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1546 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1545 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.699 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.737 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.820 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.898 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.827 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.8101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.934 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.147 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 173 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1540 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.531 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1540 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1540 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 3.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1539 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.991 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1539 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.9121 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1539 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1538 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.1112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 1.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.783 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 2.580 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1534 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 1.947 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 1.773 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.986 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1532 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.690 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.614 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.584 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.825 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 1.945 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 3.4119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.687 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 84 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 1.560 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.633 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 1.786 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1550 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.798 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.690 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.630 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 3.8117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.976 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.651 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1554 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.734 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.995 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1556 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1556 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away

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