M3.0 earthquake 99 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 99 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 11:50 PM AKDT (07:50 UTC), 17 km (11 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
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-23 07:50:42 UTC
- Depth
- 17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.972° N, 163.122° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
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 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.584 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.2156 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.4115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.092 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.479 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.380 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.9157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.035 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.197 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.497 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.29 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.6157 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.869 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.3113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.6163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.3104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 1.82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.03 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7166 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.720 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7179 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.028 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.2115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.231 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
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