Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 111 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 111 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 2:47 AM AKST (11:47 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-09 11:47:14 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.860° N, 163.165° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
225°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.549 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.8139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.7198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.8156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.4118 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.094 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.169 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.395 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.590 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.6111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.934 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.096 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.299 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 3.2178 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.081 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.3104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 2.6117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 3.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 3.0155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 69 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 1.997 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.886 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 3.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.966 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.9167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.048 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.982 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.6112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.493 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.498 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away

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