Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 230 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 230 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 4, 2022, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-01-04 13:00:39 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.847° N, 162.532° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
273°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.3236 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.3146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.8150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.5177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.2228 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.9141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.7159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.8223 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.2203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1670 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 3.1194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.8212 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.9190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000g901 (also filed as ak0226tw43q). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC.