Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 31 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 31 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Nov 4, 2020, 10:15 AM AKST (19:15 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-04 19:15:43 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.572° N, 163.325° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.43
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 1.917 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.076 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.256 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.219 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 174 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.7110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.723 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.346 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.036 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.865 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 3.0101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.687 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.819 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 3.037 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 2.090 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.832 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 173 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 2.014 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.280 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 3.8116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2113 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 3.033 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 152 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.188 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.78 km NW of King Cove, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 3.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.5106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.026 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 116 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.224 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 1.823 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 2.6103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 3.0116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 1.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.2108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.292 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 2.017 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 134 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.613 km ENE of King Cove, AK · 2150 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 31 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.927 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.529 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.663 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av91011528. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC.