Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 10:23 PM AKST (07:23 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 167 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-18 07:23:16 UTC
Depth
55.0 km (34.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.052° N, 164.180° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.761 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 52 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.4118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.885 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 3.083 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.033 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.038 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.376 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.166 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.299 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.8112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.172 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.854 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.675 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.584 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 3.3130 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.281 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.379 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 4.2167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.972 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 3.9142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.5154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.337 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.646 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 2.030 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.840 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 1.866 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 1.9103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 3.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 4.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.4148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.8103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 3.0154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 3.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.6159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.7147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 3.762 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.039 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.191 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 2.193 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.953 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.365 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 2.3155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.840 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 2.048 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.0131 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.557 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 1.981 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 1.848 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 1.877 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.811 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.3147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.4145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.4118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.268 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.2111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.476 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.750 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.9112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 3.0106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away

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