Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 79 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 79 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Nov 24, 2015, 12:17 AM AKST (09:17 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-11-24 09:17:11 UTC
Depth
22.6 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.140° N, 163.493° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3966 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3966 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.480 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3964 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.3141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.982 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.868 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.096 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.3100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 3.5148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.8156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 3.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.3163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.5106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.032 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.421 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.2108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.960 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.096 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 2.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.5161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.791 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.755 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3949 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.474 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.468 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 3.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 2.541 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.066 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.485 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.8138 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.893 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.482 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 3.098 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.277 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3936 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3933 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 3.3113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 2.4105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3932 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.182 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3928 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.977 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 2.299 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.851 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.756 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 2.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 2.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.099 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 3.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3969 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.4105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.5108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.188 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.7115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.895 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.077 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.847 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.485 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.922 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.697 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.861 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.322 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.223 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.1115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.997 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 3.242 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3978 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away

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