M1.6 earthquake 26 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, Oct 19, 2017, 5:18 PM AKDT

UTC

2017-10-20 01:18:57 UTC

Depth

7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.627° N, 163.552° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

13

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast93 kmWSW

After

1. 2.441 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 22, 4:16 AM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
2. 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Oct 22, 8:36 PM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
3. 2.1114 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 22, 10:20 PM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
4. 2.291 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 5:09 AM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
5. 2.2102 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 7:25 AM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
6. 2.295 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 8:50 PM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
7. 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 24, 2:50 AM AKDT · 3264 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
8. 3.2109 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 24, 3:30 AM AKDT · 3264 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
9. 2.268 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Oct 25, 9:21 AM AKDT · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
10. 3.494 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 29, 3:35 AM AKDT · 3259 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
11. 2.196 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 3, 6:44 AM AKDT · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
12. 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 4, 12:12 PM AKDT · 3253 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
13. 2.989 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 4, 5:29 PM AKDT · 3253 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
14. 2.258 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Nov 7, 5:13 AM AKST · 3250 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
15. 2.620 km SW of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Nov 10, 8:52 AM AKST · 3247 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
16. 2.7117 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 16, 3:01 AM AKST · 3241 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
17. 2.5116 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 17, 7:52 PM AKST · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
18. 2.389 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Nov 18, 1:20 AM AKST · 3239 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
19. 3.290 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 20, 8:48 PM AKST · 3236 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
20. 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 23, 10:32 PM AKST · 3233 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
21. 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 27, 12:45 AM AKST · 3230 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
22. 2.3105 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 28, 11:46 PM AKST · 3228 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
23. 2.562 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Nov 29, 2:49 AM AKST · 3228 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
24. 2.396 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 30, 7:06 PM AKST · 3227 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
25. 2.270 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Nov 30, 8:07 PM AKST · 3227 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
26. 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 2, 10:13 PM AKST · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
27. 2.763 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 4, 12:56 AM AKST · 3223 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
28. 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 4, 5:03 AM AKST · 3223 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
29. 2.159 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 6, 4:53 AM AKST · 3221 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
30. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 7, 8:23 AM AKST · 3220 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
31. 2.083 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 10, 5:23 AM AKST · 3217 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
32. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 15, 4:44 PM AKST · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
33. 2.4100 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 17, 7:32 PM AKST · 3210 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away

Before

1. 2.485 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Oct 18, 10:17 PM AKDT · 3269 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
2. 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Oct 18, 10:44 AM AKDT · 3270 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
3. 2.8111 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Oct 18, 10:21 AM AKDT · 3270 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
4. 3.9109 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 17, 12:25 PM AKDT · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
5. 2.949 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 17, 12:10 PM AKDT · 3271 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
6. 2.699 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 17, 11:44 AM AKDT · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
7. 2.198 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 16, 5:53 PM AKDT · 3272 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
8. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 15, 7:20 PM AKDT · 3273 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
9. 2.193 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 15, 5:10 PM AKDT · 3273 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
10. 1.925 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 13, 11:43 AM AKDT · 3275 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
11. 3.799 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Oct 11, 7:55 PM AKDT · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
12. 2.171 km E of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Oct 9, 12:40 PM AKDT · 3279 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
13. 2.397 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 8, 12:38 PM AKDT · 3280 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
14. 2.257 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 6, 7:27 PM AKDT · 3282 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
15. 2.588 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Oct 4, 11:24 AM AKDT · 3284 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
16. 1.960 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 3, 5:42 AM AKDT · 3285 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
17. 2.792 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Oct 3, 4:23 AM AKDT · 3285 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
18. 2.384 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 2, 9:39 AM AKDT · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
19. 2.3106 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 28, 7:28 AM AKDT · 3290 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
20. 2.3105 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 24, 10:27 AM AKDT · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017dgl63mk (also filed as ak17090378). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC.