M2.0 earthquake 27 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 27 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 10:36 PM AKST (07:36 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-20 07:36:20 UTC
- Depth
- 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.614° N, 163.334° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.519 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.962 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.719 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.561 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.870 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.850 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.980 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.830 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 164.
Before
- 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 187 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.335 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.637 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.088 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 196 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.725 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.090 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.794 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.186 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
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