M2.6 earthquake 120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 12:44 PM AKST

UTC

2022-12-15 21:44:28 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.800° N, 163.818° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

233°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

12

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast133 kmESE

After

1. 2.7110 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 15, 12:48 PM AKST · 1381 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
2. 2.393 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 23, 4:11 PM AKST · 1373 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
3. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 23, 11:22 PM AKST · 1373 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
4. 2.5125 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 24, 12:24 AM AKST · 1373 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
5. 2.874 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Dec 24, 9:21 AM AKST · 1372 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
6. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 12:58 AM AKST · 1372 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
7. 4.486 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 4:27 AM AKST · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
8. 2.588 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 4:30 AM AKST · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
9. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 7:01 AM AKST · 1372 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
10. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 8:20 AM AKST · 1371 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
11. 2.560 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 4:32 PM AKST · 1371 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
12. 2.2Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 8:09 PM AKST · 1371 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
13. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 8:23 PM AKST · 1371 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
14. 1.781 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 8:24 PM AKST · 1371 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
15. 1.748 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 25, 8:27 PM AKST · 1371 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
16. 2.190 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 26, 11:22 AM AKST · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
17. 2.285 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 12:30 AM AKST · 1370 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
18. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 4:24 AM AKST · 1370 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
19. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 10:56 AM AKST · 1369 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
20. 2.8115 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 1:54 PM AKST · 1369 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
21. 2.187 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 5:48 PM AKST · 1369 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
22. 2.046 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 6:06 PM AKST · 1369 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
23. 2.185 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 10:56 PM AKST · 1369 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
24. 2.8140 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 28, 8:42 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
25. 2.4Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 3:21 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
26. 2.4147 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 3:30 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
27. 2.6144 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 7:29 AM AKST · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
28. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 8:30 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
29. 2.5Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 9:10 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
30. 2.385 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 11:47 PM AKST · 1367 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
31. 2.591 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 1:51 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
32. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 2:11 AM AKST · 1367 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
33. 2.661 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 7:56 AM AKST · 1366 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
34. 1.870 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 8:16 AM AKST · 1366 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
35. 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 8:38 AM AKST · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
36. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 10:43 AM AKST · 1366 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
37. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 3:58 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
38. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 3:59 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
39. 2.554 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 4:10 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
40. 3.1Unimak Island region, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 5:43 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
41. 2.1132 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 7:55 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
42. 2.097 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 30, 11:26 PM AKST · 1366 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
43. 2.896 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 1, 7:57 PM AKST · 1364 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
44. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 1:37 AM AKST · 1364 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
45. 2.6118 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 4:47 AM AKST · 1364 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
46. 2.3101 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 8:51 PM AKST · 1363 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
47. 2.6134 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 3:58 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
48. 2.270 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 7:29 AM AKST · 1363 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
49. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 8:43 AM AKST · 1362 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
50. 2.2144 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 12:04 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
51. 2.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 6:15 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
52. 2.770 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 6:45 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
53. 1.9104 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 7:38 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
54. 2.5131 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 9:00 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
55. 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 9:06 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
56. 2.095 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 9:53 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
57. 3.141 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 10:48 PM AKST · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
58. 1.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 8:42 AM AKST · 1361 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
59. 2.8131 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 11:37 PM AKST · 1361 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
60. 2.195 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 5, 6:23 AM AKST · 1361 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 185.

Before

1. 2.688 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 14, 9:52 PM AKST · 1382 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
2. 2.3109 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 14, 7:25 AM AKST · 1383 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
3. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaWed, Dec 14, 2:12 AM AKST · 1383 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
4. 2.781 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 13, 5:35 PM AKST · 1383 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
5. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 13, 5:19 PM AKST · 1383 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
6. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 13, 12:30 AM AKST · 1384 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
7. 2.3Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Dec 12, 2:51 PM AKST · 1384 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
8. 2.3114 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 12, 12:08 PM AKST · 1384 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 11, 6:47 PM AKST · 1385 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
10. 2.077 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 9, 12:20 PM AKST · 1387 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
11. 3.2Unimak Island region, AlaskaFri, Dec 9, 10:32 AM AKST · 1387 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
12. 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 9, 4:10 AM AKST · 1388 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
13. 1.975 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 9, 3:06 AM AKST · 1388 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
14. 3.4122 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 9, 2:08 AM AKST · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
15. 2.5121 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 8, 9:07 AM AKST · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
16. 1.544 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 8, 4:49 AM AKST · 1389 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
17. 1.822 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 7, 3:35 AM AKST · 1390 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
18. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 7, 3:27 AM AKST · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
19. 2.6112 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 7, 1:00 AM AKST · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.9113 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 6, 8:47 PM AKST · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j10f (also filed as ak022g1jbpuu). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC.