Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 85 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 8:50 PM AKST (05:50 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 93 km S 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
2018-03-01 05:50:48 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.285° N, 162.525° 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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.398 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.957 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.316 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 143 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.940 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.3103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.0109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.084 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.1109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.342 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.961 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.266 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 3.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.757 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.163 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.023 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.398 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.160 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.097 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 3.5128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.0108 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 1.862 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 2.061 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 2.4117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.840 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 2.915 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.399 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.336 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 2.096 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.968 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.671 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.660 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.965 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 1.728 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.767 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 2.820 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 2.279 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.1104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.498 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 2.3106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.0105 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 3.4102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 3.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.547 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.4144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.4107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.8103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.9102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.5110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.7104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.6100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.395 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.294 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.243 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away

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