Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, May 13, 2016, 3:06 AM AKDT (11:06 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 142 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-13 11:06:50 UTC
Depth
54.6 km (33.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.935° N, 163.949° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.446 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.686 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.687 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.374 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.386 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.988 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.897 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.673 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.927 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.961 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.3129 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.7115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.057 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.071 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.2155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.0113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.154 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 3.183 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.178 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.364 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.382 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 2.268 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.861 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.889 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 3.574 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 3.0117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.4103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.146 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.3102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 3.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.3156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.069 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 3.7108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.657 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.872 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 1.9105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  48. 2.1175 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 2.292 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.8132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.4108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.9111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.8106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 1.867 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 2.053 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 2.3110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.3128 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.8108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.759 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.069 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.685 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.074 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.9103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.950 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 3.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.383 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.289 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.691 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.478 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away

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