Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 99 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 99 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 8:36 AM AKDT (16:36 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-21 16:36:37 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.024° N, 162.859° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.0ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.172 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.351 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.592 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.833 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.533 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.633 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.035 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.334 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 1.628 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.1183 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.3100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.754 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.052 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.733 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.680 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.1105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.920 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.7122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 2.7113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.699 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.9105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 2.7130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 2.132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 1.851 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.812 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.2123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.2153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 2.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.4108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 2.1121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2934 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.5166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.2123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.8139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.6140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.496 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.2153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2975 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.642 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.4118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.6162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.4158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.192 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away

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