Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 92 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 92 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Dec 4, 2022, 1:12 PM AKST (22:12 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-12-04 22:12:12 UTC
Depth
28.4 km (17.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.096° N, 163.978° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.491 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.487 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.348 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.6112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.822 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.126 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.544 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.5121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 3.4122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.975 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 3.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.077 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.3114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.3109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.050 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.393 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 57 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.5125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.874 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 4.486 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.588 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.560 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.781 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 1.748 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.621 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 2.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.831 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.833 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.185 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 2.4147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.6144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 2.385 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.244 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.4156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 3.0122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.9124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.2115 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.656 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.9100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.944 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.5153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.962 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.320 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.4147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.398 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.1121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away

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