Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 2:55 AM AKDT (10:55 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-05 10:55:14 UTC
Depth
35.3 km (21.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.846° N, 162.591° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 3.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.3165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.5194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2206 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.0146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.867 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 4.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.6174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.765 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.684 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.3212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.7102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 4.4104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.1107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 3.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.9144 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 1.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.3158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.2123 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.6107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.294 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.2156 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.693 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.880 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 3.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away

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