Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 2:18 PM AKDT (22:18 UTC), 13 km (8 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
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-24 22:18:36 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.469° N, 163.501° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.578 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.1164 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.3209 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.6106 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.4108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 3.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.3100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 5.0240 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  12. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.3108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.2100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.673 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.971 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.579 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.5105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.5157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.289 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.3106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.487 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.384 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 3.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.382 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 4.9135 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.4120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 5.9141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away · tsunami flag
  35. 3.8155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 3.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 3.9151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 3.7158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 3.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 3.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 2.6144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.7146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 2.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.6162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.6144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 3.5151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 3.4152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.6139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 5.1134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.8133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 2.6147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 3.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 3.1147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 2.198 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.5149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.5145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 3.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 3.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.5158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 3.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 4.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.092 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.5149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.2112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.9239 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 3.0116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.7117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.9123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 3.789 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away

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