Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 164 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 164 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 10:39 AM AKDT (18:39 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-13 18:39:16 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.374° N, 163.545° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1151 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.1178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.4169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 3.8152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 150 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.0155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.8157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 3.679 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.1141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.9154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.599 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.886 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.991 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.6169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.9150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.7107 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 4.5151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.2155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 3.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.0159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 59 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 3.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 3.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 3.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.786 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.9123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.3158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.5117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 2.6135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.9104 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.3165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 2.5194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.0146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 4.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.6174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 3.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.292 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.9168 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.1166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.9169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.0167 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 1.9169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.8160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.7165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.1168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.0173 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.8159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.0169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.7172 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 3.7156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 3.6168 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.7162 km S of False Pass, AK · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 1.8158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away

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