Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 27 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 27 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Apr 1, 2017, 8:34 AM AKDT (16:34 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 75 km WSW 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
2017-04-01 16:34:07 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.608° N, 163.421° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.779 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.455 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.3122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.816 km W of King Cove, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.554 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.3103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.595 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.4108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.249 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.2103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.297 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.3100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.498 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.174 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.566 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.644 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 1.637 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.332 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.934 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 1.660 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.095 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 2.099 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.9108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.4100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 2.075 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 2.73 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 175 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.258 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.933 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.989 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 3.5102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 3.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.3120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3446 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 3.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.083 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.15 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.988 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 3.8101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 4.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.289 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 3.567 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.2106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.118 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 142 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.077 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.485 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 4.975 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 2.669 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.769 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 2.589 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.041 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.045 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.048 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.365 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.284 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.191 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.162 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.8103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.9103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.337 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.379 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.986 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away

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