Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 109 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 109 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Dec 14, 2022, 7:25 AM AKST (16:25 UTC), 41 km (25 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, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-14 16:25:46 UTC
Depth
40.7 km (25.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.882° N, 163.707° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.393 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.5125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.874 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.486 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.588 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.781 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.748 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.621 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.833 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.185 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.4147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.6144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 2.385 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.661 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.870 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 2.554 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 2.1132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 2.896 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.6118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 2.020 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.121 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.821 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.522 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.520 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.3101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 1.921 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.621 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.6134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 190.

Before

  1. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.3114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.077 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 3.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.975 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 3.4122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.5121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.544 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.822 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.6112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1394 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.348 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away

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