Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 40 km E of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 40 km E of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 7, 2022, 2:31 PM AKDT (22:31 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 87 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-07 22:31:08 UTC
Depth
89.2 km (55.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.810° N, 162.782° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.732 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.820 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 166 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.951 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.714 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.850 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.140 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.830 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.716 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 121 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.935 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.084 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 3.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.753 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.683 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.772 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.626 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.664 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.910 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 1.949 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.860 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.850 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 1.63 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 1.734 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 3.091 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.684 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.635 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 164 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 2.758 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.750 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.781 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.745 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 2.775 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.648 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.573 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.78 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 135 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.932 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 138 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.745 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.636 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.685 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.031 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.610 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away

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