Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 81 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 81 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 3:09 AM AKST (12:09 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-13 12:09:01 UTC
Depth
48.4 km (30.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.120° N, 163.355° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.3104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2467 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.6117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.066 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.687 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 2.676 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.7166 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.684 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.770 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.291 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 3.7106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.7111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.8111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2484 days ago · -2 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2485 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.623 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.120 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 160 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.299 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.096 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.934 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.6111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.822 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.395 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.169 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.094 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away

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