Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 11 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 3:06 AM AKDT (11:06 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-08 11:06:07 UTC
Depth
28.8 km (17.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.902° N, 163.563° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.330 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 157 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.718 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.624 km S of False Pass, AK · 2178 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.529 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.927 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.613 km ENE of King Cove, AK · 2156 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 1.917 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.076 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 2.256 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.219 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 174 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.723 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.346 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.036 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 3.687 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.819 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 2.090 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.219 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.832 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 173 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.014 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.280 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.585 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.817 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2192 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.012 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.112 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away

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