M2.6 earthquake 23 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 10:44 AM AKDT (18:44 UTC), 28 km (17 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-14 18:44:55 UTC
- Depth
- 27.7 km (17.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.650° N, 163.358° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.656 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.721 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.248 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.985 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.788 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.160 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 132 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.544 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.397 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.558 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 172 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.040 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 180 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 140 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.659 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.874 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.672 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1490 days ago · -3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 68 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.031 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.683 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.636 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.745 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.932 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 138 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 135 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.573 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.648 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.940 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.820 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 166 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 1.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 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 · 8 km away
- 1.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.792 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.577 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.948 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.032 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
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