Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 6:14 AM AKDT (14:14 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 94 km SSE of King Cove, 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
2019-07-29 14:14:21 UTC
Depth
17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.243° N, 162.563° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.231 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.213 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 132 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.2123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.0122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.8146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.877 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.755 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.1133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.849 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.644 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.1145 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.2120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.588 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.039 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 2.147 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.649 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.545 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.835 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 2.949 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 2.023 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.926 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2567 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.5south of Alaska · 2566 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.081 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.122 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2564 days ago · -2 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 3.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 2.874 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 3.110 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.165 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.0111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.029 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.069 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.841 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.130 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.736 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.247 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.3112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.094 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.227 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.094 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.154 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.795 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away

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