Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 4:28 AM AKDT (12:28 UTC), 51 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-06-27 12:28:28 UTC
Depth
50.5 km (31.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.896° N, 163.805° 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: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.1117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 134 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.089 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.089 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.6169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.558 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.7103 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.367 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.9103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.650 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.158 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.6102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.677 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.564 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.8159 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.791 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.757 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 3.4106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.2114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 1.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 2.182 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 1.695 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.963 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.2111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.095 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 1.676 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.2191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.8139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.971 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 1.8114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.5104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 1.680 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.3117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 1.9116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  44. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 3.0139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.368 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 2.065 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 3.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 3.088 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 3.5114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 2.0115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.9117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.6114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 3.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.890 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.8164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.7107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.0147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.797 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.995 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.691 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.9102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 3.5101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.6109 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.183 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.9108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.888 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.7105 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.727 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away

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