Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 76 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 76 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 1:09 PM AKDT (21:09 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 82 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-16 21:09:23 UTC
Depth
18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.345° N, 162.617° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.680 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.684 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.686 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 138 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.2122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.582 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.4111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.696 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2256 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.068 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.680 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 2.981 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.8113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.763 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.3117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.677 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 1.884 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.9116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.597 km SE of King Cove, AK · 2251 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 2.087 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.392 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.59 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.963 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.695 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.140 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.8108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.8112 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.6117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.652 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.699 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.2114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 3.4106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.672 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02093sysq3. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:24 AM UTC.