Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 54 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 54 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 9:24 PM AKDT (05:24 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 58 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-03-20 05:24:38 UTC
Depth
53.3 km (33.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.363° N, 163.335° 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.

Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.276 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.1111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.1104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.275 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.7108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.3118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.398 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.01 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.175 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.856 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.928 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.6149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.748 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 3.1120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.9108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 3.2118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.9140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.961 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2353 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.087 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 1.98 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 143 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.5102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 65 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.129 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 2.2113 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2344 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.775 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 1.912 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 107 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.6152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 1.784 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.015 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 147 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.721 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 1.722 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.393 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 1.738 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 2.555 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 86 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.052 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.878 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.1105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.9131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.697 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.8117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.3114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.060 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 53 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.966 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.986 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.1111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.518 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.681 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away

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