Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 16 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Mar 5, 2018, 4:31 AM AKST (13:31 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 91 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-03-05 13:31:21 UTC
Depth
143.1 km (88.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.896° N, 163.172° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.940 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.870 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 182 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.342 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.961 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.266 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.973 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.840 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 145 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.757 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.023 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.160 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.862 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.061 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.840 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.915 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 118 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.336 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.968 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.660 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.965 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.728 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.469 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.820 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.498 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.131 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.890 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 3.491 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 2.398 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.485 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.864 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 148 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.547 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.165 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.243 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away

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