Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 2:50 AM AKDT (10:50 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-24 10:50:55 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.916° N, 163.925° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 3.2109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.268 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.272 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.488 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.890 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.475 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 3.494 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.9163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.269 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.237 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.376 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.089 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.258 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.4145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.3125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.5100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.886 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.5113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.7117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.5116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.4148 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.389 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 3.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 3.290 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 2.3105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 3.1136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 3.9152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.586 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.182 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.5144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 3.6119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.688 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.763 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 1.993 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.783 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.159 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 1.836 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.9160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 2.083 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 2.3123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.5165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 2.791 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.264 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.4100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 67 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 3.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 4.1134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 2.295 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.2102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.291 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.1114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.4107 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.471 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.485 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.9109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.949 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.699 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.198 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.193 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away

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