Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 89 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 89 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Dec 2, 2023, 7:51 AM AKST (16:51 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 150 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-12-02 16:51:27 UTC
Depth
20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.056° N, 163.499° 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.

Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.933 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.183 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.028 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.873 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.287 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.783 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 55 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.178 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.745 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.031 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.496 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.8174 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.189 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.8115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.3113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.6121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 1.546 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 3.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.618 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.576 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.79 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.165 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.044 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.7160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.2110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.085 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.237 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 1.649 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.287 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.784 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 2.6128 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 3.3165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.639 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 3.0155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.498 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 4.089 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.8107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 2.445 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.298 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 2.3107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 4.6150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.287 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 1.644 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.179 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.693 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 3.043 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 3.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.694 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 2.3110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.545 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.486 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.083 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.0100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.632 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.170 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.142 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.646 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1036 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.553 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.147 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.847 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.5133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.9101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.6103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 3.487 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away

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