M1.5 earthquake 29 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 5:21 PM AKDT

UTC

2020-10-17 01:21:23 UTC

Depth

3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.617° N, 163.603° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.41

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

285°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast96 kmWSW

After

1. 2.699 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 19, 10:58 AM AKDT · 2166 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
2. 3.092 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Oct 22, 11:27 AM AKDT · 2163 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
3. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 27, 12:42 AM AKDT · 2158 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
4. 1.977 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Oct 27, 11:37 AM AKDT · 2158 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
5. 2.927 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Oct 29, 5:33 PM AKDT · 2156 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
6. 2.178 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Nov 1, 4:30 AM AKST · 2153 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
7. 2.583 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Nov 1, 6:02 AM AKST · 2153 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
8. 1.971 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Nov 1, 8:19 AM AKST · 2153 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
9. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AKMon, Nov 2, 3:16 AM AKST · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
10. 2.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Nov 2, 5:38 AM AKST · 2152 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
11. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 3, 9:13 AM AKST · 2151 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
12. 2.0Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Nov 3, 12:57 PM AKST · 2151 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
13. 2.031 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 4, 10:15 AM AKST · 2150 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
14. 2.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Nov 5, 1:24 PM AKST · 2149 days ago · 85 km deep · 20 km away
15. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 5, 10:39 PM AKST · 2148 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
16. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Nov 7, 12:56 AM AKST · 2147 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
17. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 7, 7:52 PM AKST · 2146 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
18. 1.917 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Nov 7, 8:56 PM AKST · 2146 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
19. 2.076 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 10, 8:07 PM AKST · 2143 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
20. 2.999 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 11, 8:44 AM AKST · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
21. 2.256 km S of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Nov 13, 2:09 PM AKST · 2141 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
22. 2.219 km NW of Cold Bay, AlaskaFri, Nov 13, 3:28 PM AKST · 2141 days ago · 174 km deep · 86 km away
23. 2.7110 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 14, 3:56 PM AKST · 2140 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
24. 1.723 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 14, 5:17 PM AKST · 2140 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
25. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 16, 5:43 AM AKST · 2138 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
26. 2.346 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 16, 5:50 PM AKST · 2138 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
27. 2.036 km NW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 16, 6:23 PM AKST · 2138 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
28. 1.983 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Nov 17, 8:55 AM AKST · 2137 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
29. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 17, 11:30 PM AKST · 2136 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
30. 3.0101 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 19, 5:05 AM AKST · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
31. 3.687 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 19, 12:49 PM AKST · 2135 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
32. 1.819 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 20, 6:34 PM AKST · 2134 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
33. 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 21, 8:50 AM AKST · 2133 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
34. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 24, 12:10 AM AKST · 2130 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
35. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 25, 7:20 PM AKST · 2128 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
36. 2.090 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 26, 3:57 AM AKST · 2128 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
37. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 27, 9:18 AM AKST · 2127 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
38. 2.832 km NW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Nov 29, 11:40 PM AKST · 2124 days ago · 173 km deep · 53 km away
39. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 1:02 AM AKST · 2124 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
40. 2.014 km WSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaWed, Dec 2, 3:20 PM AKST · 2122 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
41. 2.280 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Dec 5, 7:28 PM AKST · 2118 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
42. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Dec 8, 5:47 PM AKST · 2116 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
43. 3.8116 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 10, 2:58 AM AKST · 2114 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
44. 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 10, 10:29 PM AKST · 2113 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
45. 1.8Alaska PeninsulaThu, Dec 10, 10:53 PM AKST · 2113 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
46. 3.033 km WNW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 11, 5:57 AM AKST · 2113 days ago · 152 km deep · 47 km away
47. 2.285 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Dec 11, 10:36 AM AKST · 2113 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
48. 2.188 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Dec 15, 1:53 AM AKST · 2109 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away

Before

1. 2.598 km S of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Oct 16, 4:19 PM AKDT · 2169 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
2. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 16, 4:00 PM AKDT · 2169 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
3. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Oct 15, 8:49 PM AKDT · 2169 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
4. 2.663 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Oct 15, 8:26 AM AKDT · 2170 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
5. 2.058 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 11:51 PM AKDT · 2171 days ago · 89 km deep · 32 km away
6. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 6:15 PM AKDT · 2172 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
7. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 7:53 AM AKDT · 2172 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
8. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 6:12 AM AKDT · 2172 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
9. 3.791 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Oct 12, 7:18 PM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
10. 3.7100 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Oct 12, 7:18 PM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
11. 1.624 km S of False Pass, AKMon, Oct 12, 5:23 PM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
12. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 12, 9:09 AM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
13. 1.718 km SW of Cold Bay, AlaskaMon, Oct 12, 2:59 AM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
14. 1.989 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 12, 1:31 AM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
15. 2.330 km W of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 9:57 PM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 157 km deep · 29 km away
16. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 3:16 PM AKDT · 2174 days ago · 96 km deep · 7 km away
17. 1.780 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 12:25 PM AKDT · 2174 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
18. 2.191 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 10:32 AM AKDT · 2174 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
19. 2.483 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 10, 1:57 PM AKDT · 2175 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
20. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 10, 10:32 AM AKDT · 2175 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91009853. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.