Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 99 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 99 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Mar 24, 2016, 2:57 PM AKDT (22:57 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 84 km W 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
2016-03-24 22:57:46 UTC
Depth
64.2 km (39.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.078° N, 164.186° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.7128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.7104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.8109 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.116 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.4127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.646 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.6121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.278 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.186 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.250 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.5105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.5109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 29 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.785 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.537 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.477 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.180 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 2.7120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.383 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.832 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 2.440 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 3.093 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.478 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.691 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.289 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.383 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.110 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 3.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 3.784 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 187 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 1.963 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.950 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.46 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.9103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 2.074 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 2.150 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.685 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.069 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 2.759 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 2.8108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 2.3128 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 3.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.3110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 55 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 2.446 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.686 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 3.687 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.374 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.325 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.388 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.164 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.5101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.5100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.960 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.491 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.4102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.1138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0163val067 (also filed as ak13189615). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.