Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 1:29 AM AKDT (09:29 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 63 km E of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-14 09:29:54 UTC
Depth
25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.805° N, 163.871° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.083 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.279 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.761 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.2144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.768 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.9129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.782 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.277 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 56 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.396 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.365 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 3.093 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 3.0135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 3.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 3.061 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.3127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.2102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 2.5south of Alaska · 2562 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 1.932 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.989 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 4.263 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 1.785 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.568 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 2.5142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.775 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 2.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.833 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.945 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.1133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.680 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.777 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.483 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.272 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.862 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.392 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.8146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 3.4125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.862 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.2123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.094 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.687 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away

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