Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 2 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 12:51 PM AKDT (20:51 UTC), 0 km (0 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-10-20 20:51:25 UTC
Depth
0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.834° N, 163.384° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.584 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.857 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 190 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.817 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.223 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.092 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.479 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.380 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.035 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.214 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.497 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.29 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 2.920 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 136 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.869 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.275 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.03 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 112 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.720 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 112 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2910 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.323 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.513 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.914 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.028 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.231 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.268 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away

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