Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 28 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 12:18 AM AKDT (08:18 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-08-20 08:18:07 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.604° N, 163.321° 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
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.160 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.558 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 172 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.040 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 180 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 140 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.9120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.610 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.874 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.672 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · -3 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 68 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.031 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.683 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.636 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.745 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 3.932 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 138 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.78 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 135 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 1.573 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.648 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.940 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 1.732 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.820 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 166 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.951 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.9107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.714 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.850 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 3.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.140 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 100 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

  1. 1.985 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.610 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 3.248 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.656 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.768 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.577 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.538 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away

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