Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 92 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 92 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 5, 2015, 2:20 AM AKDT (10:20 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-09-05 10:20:50 UTC
Depth
40.9 km (25.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.183° N, 164.260° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.534 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 4048 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.291 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 4048 days ago · 68 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.668 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4047 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.1114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4047 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.656 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4046 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.673 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4046 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.285 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4046 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4046 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.193 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4046 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.127 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 4045 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.1131 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4045 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.777 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4045 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.1136 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4045 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.185 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4044 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.290 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4044 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.935 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 4043 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.079 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 4042 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.875 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.866 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 3.9108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 2.1132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4040 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.274 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4039 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 1.997 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 4038 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.4152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4038 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.499 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 2.274 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 4035 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 4.7114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4032 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4032 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.2103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4031 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 3.1107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4031 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 3.487 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 4030 days ago · 153 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.847 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 4030 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4030 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.957 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4029 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 3.986 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4028 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.740 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4028 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.3100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4028 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.0107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4028 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.480 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4027 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.0108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.2114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4026 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.750 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 4026 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.269 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 4024 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 2.453 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4024 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 2.889 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 4023 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 2.180 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4022 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 2.681 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4021 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.725 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4021 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.145 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 4020 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.0104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4020 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.949 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 4017 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.944 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 4017 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 2.096 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4017 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 1.694 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4016 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 1.926 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 4015 days ago · 122 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 1.874 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 4015 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.839 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 4015 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.736 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4015 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 2.3102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4049 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.842 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4049 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.573 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 4050 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.524 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.656 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.975 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.0125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.421 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4053 days ago · 128 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4055 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4056 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.085 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4058 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 4058 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.871 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 4059 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.358 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 4060 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.8158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4063 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4063 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 3.741 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 4063 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.392 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4064 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.0159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 4064 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away

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