Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 41 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 41 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 4:16 AM AKDT (12:16 UTC), 86 km (53 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-22 12:16:00 UTC
Depth
85.9 km (53.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.746° N, 162.799° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.144 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.357 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 82 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.291 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.295 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.2109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.494 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.773 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.974 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.356 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.620 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.4114 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.373 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.290 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 3.150 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.270 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 3.180 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 3.6119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 3.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.272 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.965 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.266 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.351 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 3.591 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 3.580 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.877 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.275 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.9109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.949 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 70 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.431 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 174 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.925 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 3.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.561 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.257 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away

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