Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 155 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 155 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jul 8, 2020, 4:14 AM AKDT (12:14 UTC), 26 km (16 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-08 12:14:23 UTC
Depth
25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.455° N, 163.476° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.791 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.757 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 3.4106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.2114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.182 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.963 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.2111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.095 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.2191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.8139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.8114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.5104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.680 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.3117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.9116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 3.0139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 3.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 3.088 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 3.5114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.0115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.9117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.791 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.6100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.3140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.2131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.575 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.999 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.097 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.592 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 3.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 1.878 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.1122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 5.7156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away · tsunami flag
  49. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 3.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 3.2161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.0167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.0162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 2.0178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.9162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 3.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.8158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 1.7162 km S of False Pass, AK · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 1.8159 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.564 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.677 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.1206 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.6102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.9103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.490 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.6169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.1117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.9106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.3109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.6114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 3.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.890 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.8164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 1.7107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 3.0147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.797 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away

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