Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, May 28, 2017, 1:01 PM AKDT (21:01 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 160 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-28 21:01:55 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.403° N, 163.569° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.2169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.7143 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.4161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.3145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.566 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.481 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.3south of Alaska · 3405 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.2157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.2138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 3.2157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.4143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.893 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.080 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.376 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 198 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.098 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 3.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.277 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.4160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 73 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 37 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 2.2126 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.888 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.1117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.699 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.091 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.0110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.4118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 2.7188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.7141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 2.0100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 2.4108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.9144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 3.8160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 1.589 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.3140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 3.0135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.774 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.0164 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 3.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.4134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.1160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.1166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.1162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.8165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 4.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 4.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.4163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.2167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.5159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.1140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.5147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.2147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.088 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.5136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.2140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.3130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away

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