Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 147 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 147 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jun 15, 2016, 6:10 AM AKDT (14:10 UTC), 25 km (16 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-06-15 14:10:00 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.533° N, 163.202° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 5.0142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.7142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.9148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.4141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 3.2148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 3.0155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.288 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.4101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.799 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.1139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.0131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.0141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.1144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.6148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 3.098 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.691 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.8148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 2.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 2.3104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.597 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.8104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 2.0139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.883 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.8108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 1.8112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 3.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 3.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 3.7159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 2.6154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 3.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 3.2159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 2.5160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.9231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 3.0140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.7157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.2148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.073 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.4158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 2.4135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.2127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 3.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.7164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 3.3159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.8148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 1.9109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.8103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 2.3116 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.053 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.8106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.9111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.4108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.8132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.1175 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.9105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.7108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.3156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 3.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.3102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away

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