Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 89 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 89 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 12:03 PM AKST (21:03 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-12-26 21:03:51 UTC
Depth
20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.225° N, 162.560° 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
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.5ML, 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.338 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.612 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 6.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 22 · tsunami flag
  7. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.896 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.575 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.371 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 3.199 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.487 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.0124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 3.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.089 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.679 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.9134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.077 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.191 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 3.0170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.6140 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.7141 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.744 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.5132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 3.7112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 3.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.1112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.493 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.698 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.527 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 3.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.368 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 2.453 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 3.132 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 3.261 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.5110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 3.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2810 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 3.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 3.2134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 2.159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 2.5109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.060 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2801 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.9114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 2.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.6141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.274 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.481 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.6109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.371 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.4106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.3113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.869 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.6157 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.6109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.7124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.920 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 136 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.3122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away

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