Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 90 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 90 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 7:58 PM AKST (04:58 UTC), 27 km (17 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
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-21 04:58:54 UTC
Depth
27.3 km (17.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.122° N, 162.787° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.4157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.073 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.3105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.435 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 3.122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.387 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.487 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.488 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.3103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.925 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.7122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.582 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.5114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.9132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.092 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.9105 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.4143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 3.041 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.888 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.2109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.259 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.1118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 2.8112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.5136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.932 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 3.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.4103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 3.695 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 3.896 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.381 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 3.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.4102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 2.446 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.729 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.556 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.284 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.498 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 3.053 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 3.2121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 4.5107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.2110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 2.475 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 2.4108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.4103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.296 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3528 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 2.930 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.392 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.3100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.4115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.7147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 3.582 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.465 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.833 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away

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