Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 23 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 23 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 8:00 AM AKST (17:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 21 km E of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-21 17:00:19 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.898° N, 163.052° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.521 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 98 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.279 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.227 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 151 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.623 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 131 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.681 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.518 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.966 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.060 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.878 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.052 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.654 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.276 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, AK · 2379 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.137 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 157 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 1.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.01 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 2.175 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.549 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.727 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.856 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 1.928 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 1.748 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.961 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2353 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 2.087 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.51 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.015 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0202ea2ghy. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC.