M3.2 earthquake 48 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 48 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 8:46 PM AKDT (04:46 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-17 04:46:31 UTC
- Depth
- 100.7 km (62.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.661° N, 164.079° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.087 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 180 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.610 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.577 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.985 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.160 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 132 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.558 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 172 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.040 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 180 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.874 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.672 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · -3 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.683 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.636 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.745 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.932 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 138 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 135 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.573 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.648 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.940 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 122.
Before
- 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.768 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.971 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.680 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
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