Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 23 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 23 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 12:09 PM AKDT (20:09 UTC), 110 km (68 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-24 20:09:23 UTC
Depth
109.6 km (68.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.743° N, 163.713° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.926 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.396 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.365 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.841 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 165 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.122 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2561 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.618 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.263 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.785 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.568 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 1.685 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.883 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 128 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.529 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 131 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 1.920 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.711 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.498 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.634 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.949 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.652 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 194 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.835 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.632 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 155 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.545 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.649 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.147 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.039 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.644 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.849 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 166 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.937 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.777 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away

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