M2.7 earthquake 24 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 24 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 6:53 PM AKDT (02:53 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 23 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-22 02:53:50 UTC
- Depth
- 116.4 km (72.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.924° N, 163.048° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.426 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 126 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.157 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.642 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 107 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2974 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.338 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.24 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 138 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.023 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 164 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.172 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.351 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2954 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.833 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.533 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.633 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.035 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.943 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.334 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.854 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.628 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.754 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.052 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.733 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.680 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.920 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 115 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.151 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.553 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.851 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.812 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.941 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 161 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.492 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.392 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.02 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.233 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.669 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.339 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.146 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3011 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.626 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 117 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.080 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.978 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.9101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.375 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.036 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
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