Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 7:05 AM AKDT (15:05 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 92 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-12 15:05:45 UTC
Depth
28.3 km (17.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.704° N, 162.853° 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: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2190 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.1145 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.2120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.3201 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.9129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.6226 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.3127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.5south of Alaska · 2562 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 3.0149 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 3.0144 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.877 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.8146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 3.4125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.2123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.187 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.874 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.8166 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 3.1129 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.0111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 3.069 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.247 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away

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