M1.7 earthquake 48 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 48 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 10:44 PM AKDT (06:44 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 58 km S 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-15 06:44:39 UTC
- Depth
- 16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.434° N, 163.612° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.2118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2355 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 108 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.98 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 143 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 65 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.129 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2113 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2346 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.775 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.784 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.015 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 147 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.721 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.722 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.393 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.738 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.555 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.882 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.669 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.958 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.052 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.554 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.711 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.721 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.895 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.665 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.530 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.927 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.849 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.489 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.241 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.784 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 1.928 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.856 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.175 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.01 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.398 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.872 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.275 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.1111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.292 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
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