Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 158 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 158 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 11:41 PM AKDT (07:41 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 151 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-13 07:41:14 UTC
Depth
25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.438° N, 163.637° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.7162 km S of False Pass, AK · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.7156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.7172 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.0169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.8159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.0173 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.1168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 3.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.8160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.9169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.0167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.9169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.1166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.9168 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.0164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.1151 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.1178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 138 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.4169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 3.8152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 150 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 4.0155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.8157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 3.679 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.1141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.9154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 3.599 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.886 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.991 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.6169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 1.966 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.9150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.7107 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 4.5151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.2155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 3.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  48. 2.0159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 59 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 3.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 3.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 3.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 2.786 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 1.9123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 3.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.9162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.0178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.0162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.0167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 3.2161 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 3.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 5.7156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away · tsunami flag
  11. 2.1122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.878 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.592 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.097 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.999 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away

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