Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 37 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 10:48 AM AKDT (18:48 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 69 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-08 18:48:26 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.531° N, 163.252° 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

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Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.280 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2208 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.114 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 128 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.321 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 152 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.765 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.611 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.215 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.112 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.012 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2190 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.817 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.684 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.585 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.811 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.330 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 157 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.718 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 74 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.880 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.319 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 145 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.199 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.876 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.692 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.720 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away

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