M2.9 earthquake 91 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 91 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 11:56 PM AKDT (07:56 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 144 km S 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-16 07:56:49 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.092° N, 162.872° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9121 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.546 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.580 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.184 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1528 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.947 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.986 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1526 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.690 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.584 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.825 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.4119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1524 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.687 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.871 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.633 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.684 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.793 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.795 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.868 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.739 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 3.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.863 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1173 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.827 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.986 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
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