Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 90 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 90 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Feb 26, 2016, 5:19 AM AKST (14:19 UTC), 19 km (12 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
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-26 14:19:37 UTC
Depth
19.3 km (12.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.038° N, 163.365° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.9101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.6130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.240 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.381 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.994 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.094 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.853 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.491 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.6154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.5101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 2.099 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.7128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 2.116 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 2.382 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.278 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.186 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 2.250 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 3.5105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.5109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.785 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 2.537 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 2.477 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.180 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.7120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 4.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3825 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 3.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.1131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.497 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.8128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.377 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.390 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.182 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.442 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.972 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.472 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 96 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.582 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.0140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away

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