M2.6 earthquake 119 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 119 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Sep 20, 2022, 1:54 AM AKDT (09:54 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 Unimak Island region, 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
- 2022-09-20 09:54:51 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.799° N, 163.062° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 26.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, 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: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8129 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.8118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7126 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.5103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6152 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.985 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.887 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.949 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.850 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.734 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.091 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5120 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.990 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7106 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.872 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.681 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 134.
Before
- 1.7132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.899 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.990 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.9107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
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