M1.7 earthquake 63 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 63 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 9:38 AM AKDT (17:38 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 32 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-02 17:38:58 UTC
- Depth
- 23.8 km (14.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.340° N, 163.002° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.986 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.885 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.032 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.577 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.768 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.656 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.248 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1504 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.610 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.689 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.985 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.672 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 68 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 156.
Before
- 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.739 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.373 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.795 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.793 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.684 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.831 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
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