Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 140 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 140 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 1:24 AM AKDT (09:24 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 163 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-12 09:24:57 UTC
Depth
19.5 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.593° N, 163.301° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.5171 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.692 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.9133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 3.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 3.0201 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 3.374 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.5135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.076 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.9203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.7110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 3.2121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.346 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 3.0101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 3.687 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.6186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.5111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 3.693 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.791 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 3.0100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 3.0233 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.090 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.6173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 2.7137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 3.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.0207 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.3212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away

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