Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 53 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 53 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 25, 2016, 1:18 AM AKST (10:18 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 72 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. 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
2016-01-25 10:18:07 UTC
Depth
58.3 km (36.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.413° N, 163.723° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.154 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.154 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.678 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.515 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.319 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.582 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.289 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.730 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 141 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 3.3119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.3102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.498 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.485 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.582 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 96 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.472 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.972 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.442 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.182 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 2.565 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 138 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.390 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.377 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.8128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 3.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.9101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.6130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 3.240 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 54 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 2.381 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.094 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.853 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 3.491 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 82 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 2.5101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.815 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 161 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 3.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.692 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.755 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.921 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.271 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.587 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.295 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.5122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.694 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3914 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.9141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.653 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.395 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.5122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.3102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.5131 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.0Alaska Peninsula · 3922 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.8116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away

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