Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Nov 15, 2015, 11:50 AM AKST (20:50 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-11-15 20:50:23 UTC
Depth
18.4 km (11.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.983° N, 163.294° 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
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.922 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.485 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.847 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.077 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.895 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.7115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3973 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.188 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.5108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.4105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.079 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3968 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3966 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3966 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.480 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3964 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3963 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.3141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.982 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.868 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.4180 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.3100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 3.5148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.8156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 2.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 3.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.3163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.5106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.421 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.2108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 1.960 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3953 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.096 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 2.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.5161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.791 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 2.755 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3949 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.474 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.468 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 3.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.541 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.485 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.8138 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 1.893 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.482 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 3.098 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3936 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3933 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 3.3113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3933 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.4105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 2.182 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3928 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.977 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3928 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 2.299 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3928 days ago · 37 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 1.861 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.322 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.223 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.1115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.997 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3978 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.242 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3978 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3978 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.686 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.681 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.484 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.683 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 3.396 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.667 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3982 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3983 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.455 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3983 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.177 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3988 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.577 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3989 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away

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