Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 58 km SW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 58 km SW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Aug 9, 2020, 8:08 PM AKDT (04:08 UTC), 79 km (49 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-10 04:08:06 UTC
Depth
78.7 km (48.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.524° N, 164.114° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.1122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.364 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 190 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 150 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.822 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.786 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.068 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.739 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.991 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  18. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.966 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.876 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 2.319 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 145 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 3.731 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.396 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.280 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.114 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 128 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 2.427 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 159 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 3.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2190 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.585 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 3.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.592 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.683 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.740 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.097 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.999 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.575 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.791 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.0114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.5114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.088 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.729 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away

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