Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 103 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 103 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 3:39 PM AKDT (23:39 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-20 23:39:34 UTC
Depth
35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.927° N, 163.271° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.6169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.692 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.9150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.5151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.2155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 3.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.0159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 3.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.319 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.880 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.3158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.5117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.3165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 2.280 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2211 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 2.0146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 4.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 2.6174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 3.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.684 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  2. 1.991 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.662 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.9154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.786 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.8157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.0155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 150 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.8152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.4169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.1178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.1151 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.0164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.5164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away

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