Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 71 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 71 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, May 24, 2016, 5:51 AM AKDT (13:51 UTC), 75 km (46 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-24 13:51:12 UTC
Depth
74.6 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.323° N, 162.794° 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: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.154 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.34 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.925 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.7108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.9105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.313 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 171 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.052 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.8106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.053 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.3116 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.021 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.3147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.948 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 4.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.594 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 5.0142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.7142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.9148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.4141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 3.2148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 3.4101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.799 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 2.6148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 3.098 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 2.177 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 1.840 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.8148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 4.631 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away · tsunami flag
  51. 2.182 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.637 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.8108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.8112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 4.2Alaska Peninsula · 3785 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.2102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.189 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.7115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.066 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.673 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.897 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.629 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 162 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.5139 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.3110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3797 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away

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