Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 96 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 96 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 2:36 AM AKDT (10:36 UTC), 56 km (35 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-23 10:36:29 UTC
Depth
56.0 km (34.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.002° N, 163.668° 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: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.9116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.694 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.0139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.368 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.065 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.088 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 3.5114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.0115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.9117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.791 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 55 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.6100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.575 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.999 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.097 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 64 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.683 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.592 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 3.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 1.958 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.878 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 2.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.1122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 5.7156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away · tsunami flag
  41. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 3.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.2161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 2.0167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.0162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.0178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.9162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 3.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.8158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.7162 km S of False Pass, AK · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 3.7156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.7172 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.0169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 1.8159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.0173 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.1168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.680 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.5104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.8114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.971 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.8139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.676 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.095 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.2111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.963 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.695 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.789 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.182 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.2114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 3.4106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.594 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.757 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away

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