M2.9 earthquake 113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 8:47 PM AKST (05:47 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 161 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
- 2022-12-07 05:47:17 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.855° N, 163.796° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 204°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.822 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.544 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.4122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.975 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.077 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.781 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.393 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.5125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.874 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.486 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.588 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.560 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.781 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.748 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.621 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.8115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.833 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.185 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.4147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.6144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.385 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.661 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.870 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.554 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 193.
Before
- 2.348 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.487 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.491 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.392 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.692 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.0122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.9124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2115 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.656 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.398 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
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