Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 3:57 AM AKST (12:57 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 111 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-23 12:57:05 UTC
Depth
19.7 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.770° N, 163.921° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.3135 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.770 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.291 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.7106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.7111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.8111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.794 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 3.2177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.6122 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.670 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.769 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.7129 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 3.787 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 3.881 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.0148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.0107 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 1.861 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 3.087 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.279 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.383 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 4.1111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.986 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.060 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.3114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 2.8117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.697 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 4.176 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 2.375 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.9131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.1105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 2.052 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 3.864 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.654 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.276 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.8146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.970 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.684 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.274 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.7166 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.893 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.676 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.687 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away

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