M2.0 earthquake 28 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 28 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 8:51 PM AKDT (04:51 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 84 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-06 04:51:21 UTC
- Depth
- 13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.681° N, 163.086° 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
- 19
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 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.513 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.323 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2909 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.720 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 112 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.465 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.03 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.584 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.857 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 190 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.223 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.092 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.479 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.380 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.035 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.214 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.497 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.29 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 2.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.231 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.268 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.182 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
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