Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 7:36 PM AKST (04:36 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 99 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-01-16 04:36:17 UTC
Depth
67.9 km (42.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.624° N, 162.596° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.8120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.5122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 4.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.3120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.5123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 5.499 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
  23. 2.796 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.2106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 3.1101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 3.1108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 3.5106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 4.3146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 4.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.8150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 2.561 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.870 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.980 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.2106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.254 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.652 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 3.6132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 3.0120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.9141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.0126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.3127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.7159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.9128 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.3132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.2117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.9131 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.993 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 2.2203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 2.8116 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 2.677 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.0134 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1671 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 1.794 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.186 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.1119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1728 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.2230 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.7120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.789 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.8212 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.3151 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away

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