M3.5 earthquake 81 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 81 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:27 AM AKST (13:27 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 99 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-17 13:27:44 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.327° N, 162.536° 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, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.35
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.637 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.335 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.519 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1699 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.499 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
- 2.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.1101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.725 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.794 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.186 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.735 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.534 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1723 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.633 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gcm1 (also filed as ak022sc1exe). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.