M2.5 earthquake 116 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 7:52 PM AKST

UTC

2017-11-18 04:52:02 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.825° N, 163.064° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

283°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

18

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast146 kmSSW

After

1. 2.4148 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Nov 17, 11:29 PM AKST · 3240 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
2. 2.389 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Nov 18, 1:20 AM AKST · 3240 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
3. 3.1159 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 18, 5:17 AM AKST · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
4. 3.290 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 20, 8:48 PM AKST · 3237 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
5. 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 23, 10:32 PM AKST · 3234 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
6. 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 27, 12:45 AM AKST · 3231 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.4110 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Nov 28, 11:33 PM AKST · 3229 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
8. 2.3105 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 28, 11:46 PM AKST · 3229 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
9. 2.562 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Nov 29, 2:49 AM AKST · 3229 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
10. 2.396 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 30, 7:06 PM AKST · 3227 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
11. 2.270 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Nov 30, 8:07 PM AKST · 3227 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
12. 3.1136 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 30, 10:48 PM AKST · 3227 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
13. 3.9152 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 30, 11:14 PM AKST · 3227 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
14. 2.5144 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Dec 1, 8:52 PM AKST · 3226 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
15. 2.399 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 2, 10:13 PM AKST · 3225 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
16. 3.6119 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 3, 5:11 AM AKST · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
17. 2.763 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 4, 12:56 AM AKST · 3224 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
18. 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Dec 4, 5:03 AM AKST · 3224 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
19. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 7, 8:23 AM AKST · 3221 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
20. 2.9160 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 9, 11:24 PM AKST · 3218 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
21. 2.083 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 10, 5:23 AM AKST · 3218 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
22. 2.3123 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 10, 11:59 PM AKST · 3217 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
23. 2.5165 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Dec 11, 1:34 AM AKST · 3217 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
24. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 15, 4:44 PM AKST · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
25. 2.4100 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 17, 7:32 PM AKST · 3210 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
26. 3.293 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 22, 8:18 AM AKST · 3206 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
27. 4.1134 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 22, 4:49 PM AKST · 3205 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
28. 4.1145 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 24, 5:40 AM AKST · 3204 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
29. 3.5Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Dec 24, 9:02 AM AKST · 3204 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
30. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 24, 11:27 AM AKST · 3204 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
31. 3.2153 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Dec 24, 2:56 PM AKST · 3204 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
32. 2.6193 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 2:57 AM AKST · 3202 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
33. 3.9102 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 3:38 AM AKST · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
34. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 3:42 AM AKST · 3202 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
35. 2.0108 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 3:58 AM AKST · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
36. 1.988 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 4:57 AM AKST · 3202 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
37. 1.9102 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 8:31 AM AKST · 3202 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
38. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 26, 3:46 PM AKST · 3202 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
39. 2.496 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 27, 1:23 AM AKST · 3201 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
40. 2.493 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Dec 27, 4:14 PM AKST · 3201 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
41. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 28, 6:49 PM AKST · 3199 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
42. 2.3109 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 28, 11:04 PM AKST · 3199 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
43. 2.282 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 2, 6:40 AM AKST · 3195 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
44. 3.8146 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 7, 3:39 AM AKST · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
45. 2.559 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 8, 9:23 PM AKST · 3188 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
46. 3.640 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jan 11, 8:02 AM AKST · 3186 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
47. 2.548 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 13, 5:22 PM AKST · 3183 days ago · 87 km deep · 68 km away
48. 3.8103 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 14, 7:18 PM AKST · 3182 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
49. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 15, 2:12 PM AKST · 3182 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away

Before

1. 2.7117 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 16, 3:01 AM AKST · 3242 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
2. 2.5113 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Nov 15, 3:10 PM AKST · 3243 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
3. 2.4114 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Nov 12, 5:48 PM AKST · 3245 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
4. 2.3125 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Nov 9, 5:20 AM AKST · 3249 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
5. 2.4145 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 8, 8:08 AM AKST · 3250 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
6. 2.989 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 4, 5:29 PM AKDT · 3254 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
7. 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 4, 12:12 PM AKDT · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
8. 2.089 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Nov 3, 9:41 AM AKDT · 3255 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
9. 2.196 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 3, 6:44 AM AKDT · 3255 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
10. 2.9163 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Oct 29, 5:50 AM AKDT · 3260 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
11. 3.494 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 29, 3:35 AM AKDT · 3260 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
12. 3.2109 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 24, 3:30 AM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
13. 2.1109 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 24, 2:50 AM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
14. 2.295 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 8:50 PM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
15. 2.2102 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 7:25 AM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
16. 2.291 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 5:09 AM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
17. 2.1114 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 22, 10:20 PM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
18. 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Oct 22, 8:36 PM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
19. 1.626 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Oct 19, 5:18 PM AKDT · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
20. 2.485 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Oct 18, 10:17 PM AKDT · 3270 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bs54 (also filed as ak017eslqmvb, ak17348438). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.