M2.1 earthquake 51 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 51 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Mar 10, 2016, 8:46 PM AKST (05:46 UTC), 62 km (39 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
- 2016-03-11 05:46:45 UTC
- Depth
- 62.0 km (38.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.528° N, 162.835° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.491 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.355 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.815 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 161 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.116 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 70 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.542 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.382 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.036 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.537 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3825 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.261 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.840 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.429 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 109 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.150 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.069 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.482 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.759 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.853 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.395 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.994 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.381 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.371 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.240 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.9101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
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