Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Apr 15, 2020, 7:30 AM AKDT (15:30 UTC), 52 km (32 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-04-15 15:30:00 UTC
Depth
51.9 km (32.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.915° N, 163.923° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.9108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.2118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.9140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.961 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2353 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.5102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.1129 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.2113 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2344 days ago · 61 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.775 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.6152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.721 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.722 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.393 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 3.792 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.555 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.8103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 1.999 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.669 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 4.958 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.052 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.554 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.711 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.721 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 1.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 2.5103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 1.887 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.665 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 1.530 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.877 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.927 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.7125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.489 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 3.0169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.962 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.784 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 1.968 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 1.858 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 1.982 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 3.1120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 1.748 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.6149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.665 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.928 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.856 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.175 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.877 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.398 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 62 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.3118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.576 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.872 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.7108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.275 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.1104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away

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