M2.8 earthquake 46 km W of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.8 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 6:31 AM AKST

UTC

2022-01-12 15:31:44 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.836° N, 164.133° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

187°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

24

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast119 kmWSW

After

1. 3.735 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 2:45 PM AKST · 1720 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
2. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 5:14 PM AKST · 1720 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
3. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 13, 5:19 PM AKST · 1720 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
4. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 14, 6:56 AM AKST · 1720 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
5. 1.794 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 15, 2:54 PM AKST · 1718 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
6. 2.090 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 15, 9:45 PM AKST · 1718 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
7. 1.725 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 16, 3:16 AM AKST · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
8. 3.088 km NE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jan 17, 11:27 PM AKST · 1716 days ago · 196 km deep · 48 km away
9. 2.637 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 1:02 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
10. 3.335 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 1:32 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
11. 2.127 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 3:37 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
12. 2.638 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 3:51 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
13. 2.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 18, 5:15 PM AKST · 1715 days ago · 187 km deep · 37 km away
14. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 4:55 AM AKST · 1715 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
15. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 5:19 PM AKST · 1714 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
16. 2.027 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 10:36 PM AKST · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
17. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 19, 11:11 PM AKST · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
18. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 20, 3:09 AM AKST · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
19. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 6:17 AM AKST · 1713 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
20. 2.294 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 10:16 AM AKST · 1712 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
21. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 10:46 PM AKST · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
22. 1.926 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 21, 11:02 PM AKST · 1712 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
23. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 22, 2:31 PM AKST · 1711 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
24. 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 23, 5:36 PM AKST · 1710 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
25. 1.925 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 23, 6:02 PM AKST · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
26. 1.726 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 23, 7:10 PM AKST · 1710 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
27. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 24, 8:16 PM AKST · 1709 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
28. 1.519 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 25, 11:38 AM AKST · 1708 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
29. 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 25, 12:56 PM AKST · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
30. 1.539 km SW of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 25, 6:59 PM AKST · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
31. 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 11:10 AM AKST · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
32. 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 12:05 PM AKST · 1707 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
33. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 8:18 PM AKST · 1707 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
34. 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jan 26, 10:32 PM AKST · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
35. 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 27, 2:11 PM AKST · 1706 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
36. 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 28, 3:56 AM AKST · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
37. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 28, 8:44 AM AKST · 1705 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
38. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 28, 1:20 PM AKST · 1705 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
39. 1.824 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 29, 9:37 AM AKST · 1704 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
40. 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 29, 12:42 PM AKST · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
41. 1.964 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jan 29, 8:34 PM AKST · 1704 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
42. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 29, 9:12 PM AKST · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
43. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 30, 12:55 AM AKST · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
44. 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 30, 12:40 PM AKST · 1703 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
45. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 30, 2:16 PM AKST · 1703 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
46. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 1, 9:56 PM AKST · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
47. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Feb 3, 5:38 PM AKST · 1699 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
48. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Feb 4, 9:57 AM AKST · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
49. 2.224 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 5, 6:13 AM AKST · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
50. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 5, 7:09 AM AKST · 1698 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
51. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Feb 6, 1:25 AM AKST · 1697 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
52. 1.627 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Feb 6, 8:01 AM AKST · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
53. 1.719 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 7, 7:20 AM AKST · 1696 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
54. 2.561 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 7, 8:23 AM AKST · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
55. 1.870 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 8, 9:35 AM AKST · 1694 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
56. 2.047 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Feb 8, 8:33 PM AKST · 1694 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
57. 1.830 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Feb 9, 8:24 AM AKST · 1693 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
58. 2.031 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Feb 9, 9:54 AM AKST · 1693 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
59. 1.929 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Feb 9, 2:20 PM AKST · 1693 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
60. 2.031 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Feb 12, 4:51 PM AKST · 1690 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 131.

Before

1. 2.7105 km WNW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 11, 9:14 PM AKST · 1722 days ago · 179 km deep · 68 km away
2. 2.534 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 11, 5:43 PM AKST · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
3. 3.130 km NNW of Cold Bay, AlaskaMon, Jan 10, 1:25 PM AKST · 1723 days ago · 208 km deep · 98 km away
4. 2.054 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 12:10 PM AKST · 1724 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
5. 3.031 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 10:28 AM AKST · 1724 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
6. 2.175 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 9, 5:45 AM AKST · 1725 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
7. 1.633 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 8, 10:06 PM AKST · 1725 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
8. 1.974 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 10:33 PM AKST · 1727 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
9. 2.073 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 6, 8:56 PM AKST · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
10. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 7:35 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
11. 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 6:06 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
12. 3.424 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 31, 2:10 PM AKST · 1733 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
13. 1.728 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 29, 4:59 AM AKST · 1736 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
14. 2.035 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 28, 4:08 AM AKST · 1737 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
15. 2.682 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 26, 5:05 PM AKST · 1738 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
16. 3.588 km NW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 25, 5:40 AM AKST · 1740 days ago · 243 km deep · 76 km away
17. 1.829 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 24, 1:57 AM AKST · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
18. 3.039 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 23, 10:54 AM AKST · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
19. 2.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Dec 22, 11:35 PM AKST · 1742 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
20. 2.148 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 22, 9:23 PM AKST · 1742 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gipj (also filed as ak022k3kenr). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:56 AM UTC.