Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, May 14, 2020, 6:08 PM AKDT (02:08 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-15 02:08:23 UTC
Depth
17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.979° N, 164.097° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.887 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.665 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.530 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.877 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.927 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.7125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.738 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.489 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 3.0169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.962 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.784 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.968 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.858 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.982 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.8163 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.8149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.5139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.993 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.895 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.6109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.979 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 185 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.671 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.9159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 4.0108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.099 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 81 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.0109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.587 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 3.3116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 151 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 4.291 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 3.5132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 2.1118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 3.3136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 1.981 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.981 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 2.083 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.7144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 3.1132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.9138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.9134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.8138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.8102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.865 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 4.0140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.5103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.721 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.711 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.554 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.517 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.052 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.958 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.669 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.999 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.8103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.555 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.792 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.827 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.393 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 115 km deep · 31 km away

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