Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 14 km E of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 14 km E of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 6:44 PM AKDT (02:44 UTC), 128 km (79 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 100 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-13 02:44:39 UTC
Depth
127.7 km (79.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.854° N, 163.188° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.337 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.321 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 152 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.765 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.611 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.215 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 131 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.112 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.012 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.951 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2189 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.438 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.817 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.684 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 1.811 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.637 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.330 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 157 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.718 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 1.624 km S of False Pass, AK · 2176 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 3.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 3.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.641 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 1.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.663 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.529 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.925 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2207 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.880 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.319 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 145 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.720 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5

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