M2.3 earthquake 98 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 98 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 11:19 AM AKDT (19:19 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 154 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-28 19:19:36 UTC
- Depth
- 15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.005° N, 162.994° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.4150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5138 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.180 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.0117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.475 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.9111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.279 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.089 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.281 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.5155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.753 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.648 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.848 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.266 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.629 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.0144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.792 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.6117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.996 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.495 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.912 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8192 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.345 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.349 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.428 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.147 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.595 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.845 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.083 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.653 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 3.0101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.999 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.3102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.157 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.898 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.149 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.965 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.8160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.7141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.849 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
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