Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 12 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 8:04 PM AKDT (04:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 29 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-21 04:04:29 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.754° N, 163.502° 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
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.345 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 89 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.349 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.428 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.147 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.5108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.595 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.950 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.179 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.845 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.083 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.653 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.0109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.944 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.7101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.272 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 3.929 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 139 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 3.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.532 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 170 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.268 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.149 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 2.3105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.231 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 128 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 2.3106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.384 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.588 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.257 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.397 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 3.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.925 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 3.431 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 174 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.949 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 2.495 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.996 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.792 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.629 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.266 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.2Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.1106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.848 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.648 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.753 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.77 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 3.279 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away

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