Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 162 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 162 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 27, 2016, 7:55 AM AKDT (15:55 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 135 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-27 15:55:11 UTC
Depth
30.5 km (18.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.405° N, 163.130° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 7.0 km horizontally, 11.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
176°
Stations used
84

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 3.3145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.5157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.3146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.5135 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.8194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.5167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.4142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 3.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.5160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.5152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.2139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.6155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 3.3159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.5157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.5150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 3.3150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 2.5126 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 87 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 3.4131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 4.9135 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 3.2153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 3.4157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 3.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.9144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 2.886 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 3.469 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.6154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.379 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.8138 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 2.7150 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 2.3134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 3.0106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 3.2151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 3.3164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 2.895 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 3.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 3.2103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 4.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 3.7151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 3.4158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 2.7160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 2.2138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.6152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 3.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 3.0186 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 3.091 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.593 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 2.391 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.4south of Alaska · 3606 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 3.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.6152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.1143 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.4150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.5151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 3.6157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.5145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.5149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.198 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.1147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 3.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.6147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.4147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.8133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 5.1134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 2.6139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away

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