Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 85 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 85 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Dec 29, 2022, 8:30 PM AKST (05:30 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-12-30 05:30:48 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.108° N, 163.081° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.385 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.654 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.896 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.552 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.6118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.020 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.121 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.821 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.522 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.520 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.3101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.921 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.621 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 2.216 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.6134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.5131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.170 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.693 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.913 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 165 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.973 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 2.017 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.929 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.089 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.184 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.253 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.191 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 2.051 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.977 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 2.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.5146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 2.4147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.185 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.833 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.831 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.621 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1371 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.748 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.781 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.858 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.5125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away

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