Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 90 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 90 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Feb 15, 2016, 12:52 PM AKST (21:52 UTC), 25 km (16 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-15 21:52:40 UTC
Depth
25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.041° N, 163.510° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.472 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.972 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.442 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.182 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.390 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.389 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.377 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.8128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.497 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.9101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.6130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 3.240 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 49 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.381 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.994 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.094 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.853 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.1138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 3.491 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.6154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.5100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 2.5101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 2.099 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.7128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.116 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.382 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 2.278 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.186 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 2.582 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.485 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.0140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.4146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.498 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.3102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.4161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 3.3119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.730 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 141 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.289 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.582 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.5161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.515 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.7160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away

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