Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 97 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 1:03 PM AKST (22:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-04 22:03:00 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.987° N, 163.157° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.0170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.6140 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.7141 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.3110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.744 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.5132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2823 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.7112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.1112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.527 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 3.132 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.6154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.3125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.4140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.4141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 3.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 3.2134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.6161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.8176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 2.6104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.383 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 2.159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.2117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.5109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 2.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.283 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.4114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 1.9114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.581 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 2.494 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 3.0124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.282 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.7102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.339 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 5.1138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.140 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 1.531 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.374 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.8148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.487 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.089 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.575 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.612 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.089 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.338 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.8167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 3.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.274 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 3.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.6109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away

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