M2.1 earthquake 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Oct 16, 2017, 5:53 PM AKDT (01:53 UTC), 11 km (7 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-17 01:53:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.978° N, 163.266° 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: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.949 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.485 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.471 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.441 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.291 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.295 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.2109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.494 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.9163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.089 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.4145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4114 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.4148 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.389 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.290 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.270 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.1136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.6119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.688 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.083 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
Before
- 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.6141 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.171 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.6165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.397 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.257 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.588 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.384 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.4169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
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