Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 87 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Dec 5, 2016, 3:06 PM AKST (00:06 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 107 km SSW 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
2016-12-06 00:06:08 UTC
Depth
55.9 km (34.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.196° N, 164.148° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.089 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.861 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.1106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 3.485 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.971 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.976 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.2100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.082 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.3113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.285 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.296 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.833 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.574 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.599 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 4.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 3.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 3.582 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 77 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.7147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.4115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 2.392 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.270 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 3.037 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 3.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.930 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 3.938 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.490 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.390 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.4157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.1151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 2.6124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.073 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 54 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 2.3105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 4.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.283 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.280 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 2.694 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 3.550 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 2.3103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.5114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.280 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 2.2105 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.082 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.544 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 2.032 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.4112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.278 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.3107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.288 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.190 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.882 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.286 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.574 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 116 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.118 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.4122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.299 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.249 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.694 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.6149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.182 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away

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