M1.9 earthquake 25 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Oct 13, 2017, 11:43 AM AKDT (19:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 97 km SSE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-13 19:43:58 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.644° N, 163.568° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.949 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.9109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.485 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.441 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.291 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.295 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.2109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.268 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.494 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.258 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.620 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.389 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.290 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.270 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.083 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.171 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.397 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.257 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.588 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.384 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.149 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.268 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.532 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 170 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.272 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
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