Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 157 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 157 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 5:26 PM AKDT (01:26 UTC), 38 km (24 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-16 01:26:33 UTC
Depth
38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.445° N, 163.606° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.7156 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.991 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.591 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.692 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.9133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.6246 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.8122 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 3.780 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.587 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.971 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2155 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 2.5139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 4.484 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 3.074 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 3.374 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.073 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.886 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.876 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 2.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 2.5135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.9203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.877 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.7110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 3.2121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.6115 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.677 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.175 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.6186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.5111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 3.693 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.791 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 3.0100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 3.0233 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.090 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.6173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.7137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 2.280 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 2.5171 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.8238 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.3202 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 3.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.869 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 3.0207 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

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