Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 86 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 86 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 2:31 AM AKST (11:31 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 21 km E of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-09 11:31:39 UTC
Depth
61.8 km (38.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.085° N, 163.231° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.687 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.7166 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.770 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.291 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 3.7106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.7111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 2.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.51 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.023 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 2.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 4.521 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.279 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 55 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.623 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.383 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 2.681 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 69 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 3.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.6117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2467 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away

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