Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 166 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 166 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 7:19 AM AKDT (15:19 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 84 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-19 15:19:40 UTC
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.355° N, 163.465° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.2123 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.5209 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.989 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.6104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.2121 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.2115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.7179 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 3.2123 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.4122 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.1135 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.7166 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.792 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.883 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 3.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 3.2115 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 4.584 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 4.5117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.2103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 3.2156 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 2.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.4115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 3.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 2.4192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.3112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.2134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.2107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.3139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 2.1121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.4108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.2153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.2123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.0100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.8223 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.7130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.699 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.7113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.1123 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.7122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away

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