Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 5 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 4:12 AM AKDT (12:12 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 91 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-16 12:12:09 UTC
Depth
2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.813° N, 163.451° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.392 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.724 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.987 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.22 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.65 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.426 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 3.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.192 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.642 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.114 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2974 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.24 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.023 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 164 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.172 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.351 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.833 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 1.533 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 1.633 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.035 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 1.943 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.334 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.628 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 1.754 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.052 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.733 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.680 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.1105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.920 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.699 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 3.02 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.233 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.669 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.146 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.626 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 117 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 3.080 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.978 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.375 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.036 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.412 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3028 days ago · 138 km deep · 59 km away

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