Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 9:20 PM AKDT (05:20 UTC), 11 km (7 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-24 05:20:15 UTC
Depth
10.6 km (6.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.410° N, 163.597° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.0207 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.869 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.3202 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 4.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 38 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.5171 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 4.7156 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.991 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.591 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.692 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.9133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 2.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.6246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 1.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.8122 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 3.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 3.780 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.587 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2156 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 2.5139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 4.484 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 3.074 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 3.374 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.073 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.886 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 2.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.876 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 2.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.5135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 2.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.9203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.292 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.6174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 3.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.0146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.5105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.5194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.3165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.9104 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.6135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.5117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.3158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away

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