Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 29 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 29 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 12:05 PM AKST (21:05 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-26 21:05:18 UTC
Depth
16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.633° N, 163.663° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
162°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.778 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.884 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.8120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.5122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 3.3117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 4.6117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.3120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 3.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.628 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 1.964 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 3.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 1.895 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.719 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 2.561 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.870 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.850 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.047 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.980 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.830 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 1.929 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 2.0110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.031 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.234 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.849 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.731 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 181 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.753 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.532 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.0119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.5119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.941 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 2.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.029 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.049 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.841 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.7110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.519 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.726 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.643 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.092 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000glrv (also filed as ak02217ci8jh). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.