M2.6 earthquake 106 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 106 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 11:32 AM AKDT (19:32 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 92 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-16 19:32:30 UTC
- Depth
- 25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.899° N, 163.263° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 12.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.545 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.949 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.782 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.396 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.9144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.5south of Alaska · 2562 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.618 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.390 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.5142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.775 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.997 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.529 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 131 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.197 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 1.649 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.147 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.265 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.2120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1145 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.2190 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.849 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.680 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.877 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.862 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.4125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
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