M2.8 earthquake 76 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 76 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 4:44 AM AKST (13:44 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 38 km SSE of False Pass, 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-17 13:44:13 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.312° N, 162.697° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.519 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.499 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
- 2.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.2106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.5106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
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