Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 49 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 49 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 11:49 AM AKDT (19:49 UTC), 19 km (11 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-26 19:49:43 UTC
Depth
18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.411° N, 163.440° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.850 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.63 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.787 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.7106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.734 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 3.091 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.990 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.984 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.977 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.7106 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.077 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.684 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.080 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 1.781 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.067 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 1.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.872 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 1.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.681 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 1.875 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.921 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 1.964 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 2.184 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.742 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 2.6114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 1.543 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 1.8102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.645 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.7123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 2.099 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.968 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 3.179 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 1.887 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.910 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.9136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.985 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.626 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.7126 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.8118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.6131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022cd766pw. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:50 AM UTC.