M2.6 earthquake 38 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 38 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 3:51 PM AKST (00:51 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-19 00:51:39 UTC
- Depth
- 17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.518° N, 163.265° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, 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: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 187 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.092 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.519 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.8120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.5123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 186.
Before
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.335 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.637 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.725 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.090 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.794 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.186 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.735 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.846 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.1119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
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