Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 96 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 96 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 10:38 PM AKDT (06:38 UTC), 26 km (16 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-04-20 06:38:21 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.992° N, 163.619° 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
16

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 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2353 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.5102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.599 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.2113 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2344 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.775 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.8147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 48 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.6152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.784 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.015 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 147 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.721 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.722 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.393 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 3.792 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.738 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 58 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.555 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.8103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 1.882 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.669 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 4.958 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.052 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.554 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.711 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.721 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.5103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 1.895 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.665 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.530 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.927 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.7125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 2.489 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 53 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 3.0169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.784 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
  51. 1.968 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.858 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 2.8163 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.8149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.5139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 2.993 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 2.895 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.6109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 1.961 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.9140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 3.2118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.9108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 52 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.1120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.748 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.6149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.665 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.928 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.856 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.175 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.01 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.398 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.7104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.3118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02053ogbb0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.