Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 50 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 50 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 9:22 AM AKDT (17:22 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 81 km SE of King Cove, 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
2017-08-28 17:22:42 UTC
Depth
66.3 km (41.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.652° N, 162.707° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.845 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.083 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.653 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.944 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.7101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 3.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 3.929 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 139 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 3.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 2.532 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 170 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.149 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.3105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.231 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.384 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.257 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.561 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 3.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.925 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 3.431 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 174 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.949 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 3.9109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 3.275 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 2.877 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 3.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.441 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 86 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 2.144 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.357 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 2.291 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 2.5108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.147 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.428 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.349 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 86 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3326 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.345 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 89 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 79 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.912 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.495 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.5110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.6117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away

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