Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 33 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 33 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jul 27, 2022, 9:27 AM AKDT (17:27 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-07-27 17:27:30 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.562° N, 163.306° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.746 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.831 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.684 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.793 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.7111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.822 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.868 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.739 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.763 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 1.8123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.8120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.8119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.723 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.032 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.749 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.538 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.577 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 1.768 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 2.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.656 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 3.248 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.610 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.985 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.160 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 132 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 4.558 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 172 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 3.040 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 180 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 133.

Before

  1. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.687 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.4119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.945 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.825 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.584 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.614 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.690 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1526 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 1.986 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.773 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.947 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away

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