Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 40 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 6:38 PM AKST (03:38 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 93 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-16 03:38:00 UTC
Depth
74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.757° N, 162.799° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.745 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.531 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.374 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.932 km S of King Cove, AK · 2773 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.354 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.657 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.578 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.589 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.690 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.262 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2758 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.222 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.297 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.352 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.416 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 151 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.376 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 2.791 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.337 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.286 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.036 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.753 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.073 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 2.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.965 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 3.293 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.395 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.080 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.549 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.497 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.3106 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 3.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.940 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.274 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.339 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.836 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 176 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.480 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.051 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.581 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.923 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.826 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2799 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.060 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away

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