M2.1 earthquake 40 km SW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 40 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 14, 2022, 8:09 PM AKDT (04:09 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 76 km ESE of Akutan, 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-15 04:09:55 UTC
- Depth
- 99.6 km (61.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.635° N, 163.915° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.830 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.935 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.756 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.626 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.985 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.887 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.949 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.850 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.787 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.734 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.091 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.990 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.984 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.977 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7106 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.684 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.080 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.067 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.872 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.681 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.875 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.921 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.940 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
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