Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 4:01 AM AKDT (12:01 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 141 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
2016-08-31 12:01:24 UTC
Depth
23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.932° N, 164.054° 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: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.838 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.741 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.953 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 3.4109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.674 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.497 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.857 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.880 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 3.095 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.956 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.6110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.951 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.274 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.749 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.4121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 1.935 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.169 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 3.789 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.242 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.874 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 3.9123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 4.7117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 3.0116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 3.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 3.2112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 2.092 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 4.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 3.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.5158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 3.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 2.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.270 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 143 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 3.578 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 3.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.952 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 1.6106 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.976 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.8141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.648 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.079 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.975 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.981 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.5139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.577 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.098 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.465 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.8105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.759 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.033 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 1.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 50 km deep · 12 km away

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