Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 166 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 166 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 3:21 AM AKDT (11:21 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 160 km ESE of Akutan, 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
2018-04-30 11:21:03 UTC
Depth
26.6 km (16.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.364° N, 163.514° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1142 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.8130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.5108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.3108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.186 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.189 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.1116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.5175 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.2135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.298 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.590 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.2124 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 55 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 2.285 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.399 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.6166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.5170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 3.083 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.494 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.079 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.5165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.4172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.2117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.1117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 1.986 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.9101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 3.4197 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 3.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 3.596 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.9107 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 5.5160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 3.0188 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 3.9165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 3.0167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 4.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.6165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.5176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 2.4160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 2.4160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.4162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.5169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 3.0153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 3.6156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 2.5102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.3104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.8194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.3103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.491 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.293 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.9154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.5147 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.5162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 3.1176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.7169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 3.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.7193 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.7191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 4.3154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1

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