Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 31 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 8:36 AM AKDT (16:36 UTC), 86 km (54 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-13 16:36:12 UTC
Depth
86.2 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.597° N, 163.191° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 138 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.833 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.822 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.786 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.926 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 145 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.662 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.991 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  12. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.720 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 106 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 1.692 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.319 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 145 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.880 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 3.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.280 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2208 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.925 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.114 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 128 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.867 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 3.321 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 152 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.765 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.611 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.215 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.112 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 2.012 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.951 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 2.364 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 190 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.1122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.3105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.958 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.0121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.774 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.592 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.683 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.097 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.575 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 105 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 174 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.791 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.9117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.0115 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away

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