Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 7:20 PM AKST (04:20 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-12-17 04:20:46 UTC
Depth
116.0 km (72.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.970° N, 163.051° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.224 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.668 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.823 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.328 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.949 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.017 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 134 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.946 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.022 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.74 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 2.068 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 2.740 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 2.284 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.721 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.333 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 131 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 4.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 2.470 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.824 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  45. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 163 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 1.78 km NW of King Cove, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.188 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.543 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.033 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 152 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2119 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.280 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.014 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.832 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 173 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.219 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.037 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020g67oa4h. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.