Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 3:30 PM AKDT (23:30 UTC), 40 km (25 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-21 23:30:51 UTC
Depth
40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.897° N, 163.873° 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
22

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 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.761 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.2144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.768 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.9129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.782 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.023 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.277 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.396 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.365 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.093 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 3.0135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 3.061 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.3127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.2102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 2.5south of Alaska · 2563 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.122 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2561 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.932 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.989 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 4.263 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.785 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.568 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.5142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 1.775 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 1.833 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.945 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 2.883 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.529 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 3.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.197 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.498 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.279 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.083 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.2120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.1133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.937 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.680 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.777 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.272 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.862 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.392 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.8146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away

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