Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 68 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 68 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, May 4, 2019, 2:26 PM AKDT (22:26 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 98 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-04 22:26:44 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.370° N, 162.752° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.1ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.387 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.519 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.7100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.258 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.684 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 3.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.2117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.734 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 130 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.016 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.068 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.2105 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.9102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.587 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.195 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.037 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 3.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.173 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 3.057 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.1113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.167 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 3.038 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.9131 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.072 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.0104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.655 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.3129 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.446 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 2.06 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.556 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2676 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 2.0100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.881 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.587 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.790 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.2103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 2.291 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.6108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.751 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.882 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.258 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.783 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.0108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 2.827 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 1.993 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 1.927 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.757 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.744 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.314 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.919 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.489 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.388 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.655 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.158 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 60 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.3103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 3.9112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.2108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away

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