Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 77 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 77 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 6:02 PM AKST (03:02 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-22 03:02:03 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.297° N, 162.698° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.0130 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2467 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.681 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.6117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 3.525 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.015 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.062 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.3103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.081 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.6113 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2484 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2485 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.623 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.120 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 160 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away

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