Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 120 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 31, 2022, 12:33 AM AKDT (08:33 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-08-31 08:33:58 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.779° N, 163.191° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.683 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.9122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.745 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.6146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.573 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.7111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.648 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.0148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.6118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 1.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 1.9107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 51 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.788 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 3.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 2.7144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 3.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 1.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.7132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 2.6119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 1.8129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 1.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 1.6131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 1.8118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 1.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 1.7126 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 3.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 2.6152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.985 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 1.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.5124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.9120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.6206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away

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