Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 183 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 183 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 10:17 PM AKDT (06:17 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-06 06:17:11 UTC
Depth
25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.327° N, 162.363° 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
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.1ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.9105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.7130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.8223 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.2153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.4108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.1121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.5166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.2123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.5209 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.8102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.7179 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.8221 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.7166 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 3.0195 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 3.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 2.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.5198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.7158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.8139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.0215 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.2153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.9202 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away

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