Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 13 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jun 5, 2016, 10:04 PM AKDT (06:04 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-06-06 06:04:45 UTC
Depth
171.3 km (106.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.788° N, 163.237° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.052 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.053 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.955 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 134 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.021 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.948 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.942 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 202 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.799 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.098 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.177 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.840 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.631 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away · tsunami flag
  20. 2.182 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.946 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 159 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.637 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.237 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.367 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 164 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.743 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.683 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 2.522 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 156 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.073 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.025 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 76 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 2.743 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 1.980 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.041 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.856 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.984 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 186 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.054 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.753 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 2.4103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.087 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.084 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.118 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.031 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.043 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 161 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.260 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 1.935 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 157 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.089 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 1.619 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.797 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.977 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.993 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.925 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.68 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 155 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.34 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 114 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.154 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.071 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.2Alaska Peninsula · 3786 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.455 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 148 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.673 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.897 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.629 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 162 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.376 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away

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