Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 19 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 19 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 24, 2020, 2:52 PM AKDT (22:52 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-24 22:52:14 UTC
Depth
145.1 km (90.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.705° N, 163.582° 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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.880 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.396 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.280 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2206 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.114 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 3.321 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 152 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.611 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.215 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 131 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.112 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 2.012 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2188 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.817 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.684 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 1.585 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.811 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 96 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.330 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 157 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.876 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.720 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  7. 1.991 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.662 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.068 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.786 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.822 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 150 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.393 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 138 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.364 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 190 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020awbs037. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC.