Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 22 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 22 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 9, 2017, 7:20 AM AKST (16:20 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 69 km NW of Cold Bay, 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
2017-01-09 16:20:03 UTC
Depth
107.1 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.938° N, 163.724° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.932 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 3.479 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.913 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 3.896 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.729 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.556 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.413 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.284 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.810 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 114 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 3.053 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.475 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.284 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3528 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.218 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.268 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.885 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.376 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.449 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.584 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 4.469 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 179 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.339 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.379 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.337 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.438 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 150 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.268 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.259 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.041 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.925 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.341 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.435 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.4105 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.2106 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.073 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.390 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.930 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.66 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 3.582 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away

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