Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 78 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 78 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, May 22, 2017, 8:57 PM AKDT (04:57 UTC), 144 km (89 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 49 km SW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-23 04:57:08 UTC
Depth
143.9 km (89.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.552° N, 164.516° 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: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.593 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.228 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.353 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 144 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.088 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.761 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.955 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.841 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.566 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.481 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.462 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.893 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.272 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.080 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.376 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 198 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.359 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.436 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.042 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 3.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.277 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.040 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.888 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.647 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 157 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.1117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.267 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 1.768 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 1.570 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 1.668 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.699 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.091 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.033 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 161 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.766 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 109 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.4118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.375 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 2.472 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 4.849 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 1.564 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 1.564 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 1.534 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 3.366 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.764 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 1.664 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.774 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 3.211 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 2.019 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 1.971 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.974 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.253 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.984 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.269 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.9111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.8104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.453 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.581 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.983 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.267 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.969 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.368 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.366 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.468 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.366 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.966 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.267 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.367 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away

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