Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 65 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 65 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 24, 2016, 7:55 PM AKDT (03:55 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-25 03:55:01 UTC
Depth
123.7 km (76.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.482° N, 164.193° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.098 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.981 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.7104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.838 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.953 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 3.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.4109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.497 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.4121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.935 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.169 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 87 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.242 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 3.9123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 4.7117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 3.0116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 3.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 3.2112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.156 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.270 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 143 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 3.578 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.952 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.4108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 2.3100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.2100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.982 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 2.369 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.673 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 1.869 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 3.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 1.971 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 1.762 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.571 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 1.670 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.121 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 3.369 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 3.977 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 3.573 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.8105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.033 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.531 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.778 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.5109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.297 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.3101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.576 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.088 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.575 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away

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