Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 165 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 165 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 12:01 AM AKDT (08:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 156 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-09 08:01:53 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.368° N, 163.407° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.0146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.6174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.292 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.3212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.0207 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.3236 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 3.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.3202 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 4.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.5171 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 4.7156 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.692 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.9133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.6246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 1.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.8122 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 3.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2159 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 3.0201 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.5139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 2.6135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.5117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.3158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.9123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.786 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.3160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 3.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 3.1155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.7163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.0159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 3.2152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away

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