Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, May 9, 2022, 10:43 PM AKDT (06:43 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-05-10 06:43:02 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.234° N, 162.584° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
215°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.589 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.8113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.688 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.047 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.547 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.549 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.266 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.8178 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.769 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.738 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 3.343 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 3.280 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.683 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.843 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 1.596 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.9108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.715 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 1.8101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1591 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.977 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1590 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1589 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.751 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 4.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 1.528 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.895 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.825 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 3.143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.729 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.636 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1587 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 1.7108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.7105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1585 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.734 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 183.

Before

  1. 2.775 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.890 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.752 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.5141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.487 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.650 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 3.392 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.697 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away

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