M2.2 earthquake 9 km SW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 9 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Mar 6, 2024, 5:17 AM AKST (14:17 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 81 km SE 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-06 14:17:54 UTC
- Depth
- 120.3 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.802° N, 163.524° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.549 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 939 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 937 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 936 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.364 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 935 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.055 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 935 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.276 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 933 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 931 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 931 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 930 days ago · 87 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 929 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 928 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 927 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.347 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.391 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 922 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.938 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 922 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.825 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 922 days ago · 150 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.847 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 921 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.725 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 920 days ago · 130 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 919 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.861 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 919 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 918 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.378 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 917 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 916 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.928 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.594 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.825 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 912 days ago · 144 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.028 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 910 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.833 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 910 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.247 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 909 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.127 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 908 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 908 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.730 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 908 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.781 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 905 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.685 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 905 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.884 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 905 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 904 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.656 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 904 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 904 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 904 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.832 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 903 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.388 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 903 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 902 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.846 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 900 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 900 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.734 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 900 days ago · 164 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.030 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 899 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.835 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 898 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 897 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.055 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 896 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 896 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 896 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.954 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 895 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.683 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 895 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 894 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 893 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 892 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.982 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 941 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.192 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 941 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 942 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 942 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.921 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 942 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.919 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 943 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 943 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.856 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 949 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.973 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.288 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.935 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
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