M2.8 earthquake 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 8:47 PM AKDT (04:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-07 04:47:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.503° N, 163.249° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.1116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1635 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.942 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 59 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.730 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1634 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.052 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.122 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.927 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 134 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.944 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.045 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1633 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.842 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.1110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1632 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.921 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1631 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.823 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 164 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.639 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1629 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9108 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1628 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.8Alaska Peninsula · 1627 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.5113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1626 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1625 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.920 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.038 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1623 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.985 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.741 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.086 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.471 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.6119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.787 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.838 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.784 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.578 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.675 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.664 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.098 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.844 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 70 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.773 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.543 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 2.99 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1636 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.898 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.689 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1637 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.929 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1638 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.032 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1640 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1641 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
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