M2.1 earthquake 54 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 54 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Feb 15, 2016, 12:53 PM AKST (21:53 UTC), 96 km (60 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-15 21:53:15 UTC
- Depth
- 96.2 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.425° N, 163.812° 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
- 19
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 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.472 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.972 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.442 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.182 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.565 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 138 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.390 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.377 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.9101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.240 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 54 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.381 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.094 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.491 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 82 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.815 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 161 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.099 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.116 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3842 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.382 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.278 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.186 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.5105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.785 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.537 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.582 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.485 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.498 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.3119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.730 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 141 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.289 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.582 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.319 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.515 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.678 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.154 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
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