Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 51 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 4:01 PM AKST (01:01 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-25 01:01:49 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.623° N, 162.720° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2466 days ago · 70 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 3.124 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 184 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.681 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.525 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2458 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.015 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.51 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.062 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 3.3103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.081 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.6113 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.321 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2484 days ago · -2 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.621 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2485 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.623 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away

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