Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 86 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 86 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 4:40 AM AKDT (12:40 UTC), 58 km (36 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-27 12:40:34 UTC
Depth
57.5 km (35.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.165° N, 164.035° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.232 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.926 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.396 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.365 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 3.093 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.061 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.3127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.5south of Alaska · 2563 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.122 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2560 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 3.618 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.932 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.989 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 4.263 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.785 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.568 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 1.775 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.685 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.997 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.833 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 2.945 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 2.883 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 128 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.529 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 1.920 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 3.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 2.197 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.498 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.634 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.493 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.978 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.948 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 2.277 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.023 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.782 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.9129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.768 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.761 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.949 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.652 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 194 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.279 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.083 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.545 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.2120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.644 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away

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