Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 91 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 1:30 AM AKDT (09:30 UTC), 44 km (27 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
2020-08-20 09:30:58 UTC
Depth
43.7 km (27.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.054° N, 163.761° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  2. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.6169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.966 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.9150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.876 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.5151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.2155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.0159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 3.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.319 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 145 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 3.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 2.786 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.3158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.5117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.3165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.280 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.658 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.114 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.0146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 4.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.6174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 3.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.292 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 109.

Before

  1. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.886 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.599 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.739 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.068 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.9154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.786 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.679 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.8157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.0155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 150 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 3.8152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.4169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 138 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.1178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.1151 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.0164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away

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