Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 68 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 68 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jun 21, 2017, 5:40 AM AKDT (13:40 UTC), 7 km (4 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-21 13:40:12 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.612° N, 164.389° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.699 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.091 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.6120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.033 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 161 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.766 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 109 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.4118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.375 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 80 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.472 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.849 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 98 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.564 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.564 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.534 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.366 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.942 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.764 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.664 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.019 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 3.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.898 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 2.174 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 1.662 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 2.052 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.083 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 117 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.156 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.860 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.999 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.180 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 4.837 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.475 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.725 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 3.279 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.550 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.950 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.847 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 2.141 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.075 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.242 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 2.648 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 2.848 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.1106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.1107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.061 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.629 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.792 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.725 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.388 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 1.570 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.768 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.267 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.1117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.647 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 157 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.888 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.040 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.277 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.042 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.359 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.051 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.080 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.272 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.893 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.462 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away

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