Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 12:32 AM AKST (09:32 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 152 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-02-17 09:32:29 UTC
Depth
54.2 km (33.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.226° N, 162.164° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.6180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.8148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.2163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.8152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.0155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 3.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.7170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.9199 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.5234 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 3.5168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.6160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.3162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.6232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.9242 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 3.2232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.7174 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.4251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.6251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.5218 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 2.9183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 3.0161 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.4226 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.4240 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 2.3106 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 3.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.9south of Alaska · 2727 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.6229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.9242 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 5.1138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.5246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.0124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.8247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.8176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.6161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.2134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.6154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away

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