M2.8 earthquake 120 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.8 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, Jan 5, 2022, 8:58 PM AKST

UTC

2022-01-06 05:58:35 UTC

Depth

12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.769° N, 163.460° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.1 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

227°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

25

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast157 kmESE

After

1. 2.864 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 11:35 AM AKST · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
2. 1.633 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 10:06 PM AKST · 1722 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
3. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 11:59 PM AKST · 1722 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
4. 2.175 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 5:45 AM AKST · 1721 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
5. 3.031 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 10:28 AM AKST · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
6. 2.5Alaska PeninsulaMon, Jan 10, 4:57 AM AKST · 1721 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
7. 2.889 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jan 10, 6:21 AM AKST · 1720 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
8. 3.1153 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 10, 5:18 PM AKST · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
9. 2.534 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 11, 5:43 PM AKST · 1719 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
10. 3.1119 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 12, 5:38 AM AKST · 1718 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
11. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 12, 8:00 AM AKST · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
12. 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 12, 1:56 PM AKST · 1718 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
13. 1.978 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 12:33 AM AKST · 1718 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
14. 3.735 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 2:45 PM AKST · 1717 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
15. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 5:14 PM AKST · 1717 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
16. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 5:19 PM AKST · 1717 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
17. 2.186 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 9:09 PM AKST · 1717 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
18. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 14, 6:56 AM AKST · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
19. 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 15, 7:29 AM AKST · 1715 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
20. 1.794 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 15, 2:54 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
21. 2.1146 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 15, 7:36 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
22. 2.090 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 15, 9:45 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
23. 2.6107 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 15, 10:40 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
24. 2.0102 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 16, 12:58 AM AKST · 1715 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
25. 1.725 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 16, 3:16 AM AKST · 1715 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
26. 3.581 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 17, 4:27 AM AKST · 1714 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
27. 2.876 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 17, 4:44 AM AKST · 1714 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
28. 2.637 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 1:02 PM AKST · 1712 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
29. 3.335 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 1:32 PM AKST · 1712 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
30. 2.127 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 3:37 PM AKST · 1712 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
31. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 3:51 PM AKST · 1712 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
32. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 4:55 AM AKST · 1712 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
33. 2.5121 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 2:22 PM AKST · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
34. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 5:19 PM AKST · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
35. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 9:50 PM AKST · 1711 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
36. 2.027 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 10:36 PM AKST · 1711 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
37. 2.0102 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 10:57 PM AKST · 1711 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
38. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 11:11 PM AKST · 1711 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
39. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 20, 3:09 AM AKST · 1711 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
40. 2.786 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 4:57 AM AKST · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
41. 2.787 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 5:32 AM AKST · 1709 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
42. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 6:17 AM AKST · 1709 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
43. 2.294 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 10:16 AM AKST · 1709 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
44. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 10:46 PM AKST · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
45. 1.926 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 11:02 PM AKST · 1709 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
46. 2.092 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 22, 10:27 AM AKST · 1708 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
47. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 22, 2:31 PM AKST · 1708 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
48. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 22, 11:15 PM AKST · 1708 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
49. 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 23, 5:36 PM AKST · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
50. 1.925 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 23, 6:02 PM AKST · 1707 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
51. 1.726 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 23, 7:10 PM AKST · 1707 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
52. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 24, 8:16 PM AKST · 1706 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
53. 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jan 25, 3:23 AM AKST · 1706 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
54. 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 25, 11:41 AM AKST · 1705 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
55. 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 25, 12:56 PM AKST · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
56. 2.296 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 12:48 AM AKST · 1705 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
57. 2.195 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 12:48 AM AKST · 1705 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
58. 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 11:10 AM AKST · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
59. 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 12:05 PM AKST · 1704 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
60. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 8:18 PM AKST · 1704 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

1. 2.7123 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 5, 5:04 AM AKST · 1726 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
2. 2.7120 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 4:28 PM AKST · 1729 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
3. 2.2113 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 1, 4:12 PM AKST · 1729 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
4. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 7:35 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 6:06 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
6. 3.1194 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 4:38 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
7. 3.424 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 2:10 PM AKST · 1730 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
8. 1.728 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 4:59 AM AKST · 1733 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
9. 2.035 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 28, 4:08 AM AKST · 1734 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
10. 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 28, 2:16 AM AKST · 1734 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
11. 2.897 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Dec 27, 5:36 PM AKST · 1734 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
12. 2.682 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 26, 5:05 PM AKST · 1735 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
13. 3.295 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Dec 25, 7:25 PM AKST · 1736 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
14. 2.799 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Dec 25, 10:52 AM AKST · 1736 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
15. 1.829 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 24, 1:57 AM AKST · 1738 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
16. 3.039 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 23, 10:54 AM AKST · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
17. 1.8108 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 23, 6:28 AM AKST · 1738 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
18. 2.3151 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Dec 23, 12:49 AM AKST · 1739 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
19. 2.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Dec 22, 11:35 PM AKST · 1739 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
20. 2.148 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 22, 9:23 PM AKST · 1739 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ghpg (also filed as ak022a0jraz). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC.