M2.8 earthquake 146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 5, 2019, 5:56 AM AKDT (13:56 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 92 km SE 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-05 13:56:35 UTC
- Depth
- 40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.574° N, 162.872° 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
- 43
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 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4240 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.877 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.2190 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1145 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3201 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6226 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5south of Alaska · 2563 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 3.4125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.187 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.874 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8166 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.1129 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.0111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.5235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.069 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2636 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.094 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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