Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 27 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 27 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, May 23, 2018, 1:08 AM AKDT (09:08 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-05-23 09:08:41 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.623° N, 163.557° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.872 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.1117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.986 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.772 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.362 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.336 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.251 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.946 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.55 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 3.095 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.0109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.442 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 141 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.257 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.610 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.286 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.710 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.08 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 3.7112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.6119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.24 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.4109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 4.333 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 91 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.950 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.684 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 2.141 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.389 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.412 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3028 days ago · 138 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.293 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.036 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 3.7108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.375 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 3.9101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.978 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 3.080 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 4.626 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 2.591 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.146 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 3.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 3.669 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.974 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.3121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 3.02 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 2.05 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.392 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.724 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 2.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.555 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.494 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.083 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.399 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.285 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.74 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.96 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 3.85 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 2.435 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.89 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 4.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.298 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.186 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away

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