Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 27 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 27 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 2:50 AM AKDT (10:50 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 35 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-06-17 10:50:54 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.648° N, 163.653° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.535 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 187 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.888 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.691 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.220 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 187 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.7107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.890 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.951 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.3109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.840 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.046 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.1117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 134 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.089 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.089 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.934 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.7103 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.931 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.759 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.670 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.564 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.757 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 3.4106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.2114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.182 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.652 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.695 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.963 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 1.59 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.095 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.676 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.971 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 1.680 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 138 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.9116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 3.088 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 3.5114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 1.791 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 174 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 1.8102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.736 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.930 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 156 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.1118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.0102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 151 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.587 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.099 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.0108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 3.880 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.979 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 185 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.6109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

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