M1.6 earthquake 48 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 1:07 AM AKDT (09:07 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-06 09:07:35 UTC
- Depth
- 66.1 km (41.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.430° N, 163.590° 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
- 25
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 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.940 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.140 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.830 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.716 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.935 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.7126 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.756 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.626 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.985 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.887 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.949 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.850 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 146.
Before
- 2.7111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.573 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 135 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.932 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.745 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.636 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.683 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
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