Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 148 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 148 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 5:02 PM AKST (02:02 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-03 02:02:48 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.531° N, 163.674° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 3.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
232°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8237 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.891 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.0170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.3110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 3.7112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.1112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.686 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.0177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.2221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 3.6154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.3125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.4140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 3.4141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 3.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.6161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.8176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 2.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.6104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.899 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 2.8101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.383 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.158 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.2117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.5109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 2.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 2.283 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.4114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 1.9114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.494 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.782 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 3.0124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.282 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 2.3134 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.7102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 3.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 3.1136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.3121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 5.1138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  59. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.393 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 2.487 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.089 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.1104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.879 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.089 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.8167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 3.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.274 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.9141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.7149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.6109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.388 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.4106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.6159 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away

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