Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 7, 2022, 11:23 AM AKDT (19:23 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 144 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-08-07 19:23:27 UTC
Depth
40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.824° N, 163.963° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.680 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.723 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.971 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.080 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.538 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.688 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.681 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.768 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.853 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.659 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.978 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 1.562 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 3.248 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 1.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.577 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 1.776 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 1.985 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 1.979 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.974 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.993 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 3.5126 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 1.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.870 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 1.9120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 1.874 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.5124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 1.672 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · -3 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 1.677 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 158.

Before

  1. 1.8123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.797 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.7109 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.949 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.756 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.756 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.676 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.8109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.763 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.739 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.1134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 3.847 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.7111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.972 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022a2i5878. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:54 PM UTC.