Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 43 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 11:01 PM AKDT (07:01 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-10-17 07:01:17 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.540° N, 163.021° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.645 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1445 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.725 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.099 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1443 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.687 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1440 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.541 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.552 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.6131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 2.688 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 3.3118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.875 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 3.1131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.9138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.9127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.543 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.087 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.7103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.870 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.635 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 1.741 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.938 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 79 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.544 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 70 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.848 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.867 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.544 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 3.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.560 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 2.086 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.040 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 3.160 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.230 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 1.844 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 67 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.130 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 2.787 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.026 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 2.6114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.742 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1446 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.964 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.921 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.681 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.872 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.745 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.781 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away

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