Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 90 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 90 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 10:40 PM AKDT (06:40 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 167 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-05 06:40:53 UTC
Depth
21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.053° N, 163.180° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.0144 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.529 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.920 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.498 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.634 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.493 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.6112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.982 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.048 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 3.9167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.966 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 3.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 1.997 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.3111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 2.549 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.8139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.8156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.4118 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.094 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.169 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.395 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.822 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.6111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.934 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.096 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 3.618 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.122 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2560 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.081 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.5south of Alaska · 2562 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away

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