Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 122 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 122 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 11, 2020, 11:08 AM AKDT (19:08 UTC), 22 km (14 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
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-11 19:08:02 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.770° N, 163.746° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 5.7156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away · tsunami flag
  3. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 3.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 3.2161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.0167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.0162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.0178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.9162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 3.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.8158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.7162 km S of False Pass, AK · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.7156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.7172 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.0169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.8159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 2.0173 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.1168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 3.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 1.8160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 1.9169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 3.0167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.9169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.1166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.9168 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.0164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.1151 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 2.1178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.4169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 3.8152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 150 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 4.0155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 2.8157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 3.679 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.1141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.786 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.9154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.068 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.739 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 3.599 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.886 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.991 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  54. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 1.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 2.6169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 1.966 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

  1. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.878 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.958 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.592 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.097 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.999 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.275 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.575 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.2131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.3140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.6100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.791 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.9117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.0115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away

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