Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 76 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 9:08 PM AKDT (05:08 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 155 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-17 05:08:28 UTC
Depth
19.1 km (11.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.252° N, 162.832° 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: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.297 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.5109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.531 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.346 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.8105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.465 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.098 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.5114 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.1112 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.5139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.981 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 3.8141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.7104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 1.838 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 3.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.6110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 3.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.169 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.439 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 3.3138 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3665 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 3.2112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 4.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 3.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.5158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.156 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 3.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 3.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.4108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 3.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.3100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.3108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 4.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.088 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.8107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.692 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.7102 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.2118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.993 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.977 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away

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