M2.1 earthquake 97 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 97 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 1:56 PM AKST (22:56 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 41 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-12 22:56:19 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.006° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.092 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.519 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.0135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.499 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
- 2.796 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
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