Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 30 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 30 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 12:44 AM AKDT (08:44 UTC), 156 km (97 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 35 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-06-10 08:44:40 UTC
Depth
156.3 km (97.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.116° N, 163.541° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
181°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.736 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.727 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.535 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 187 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.220 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 187 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.951 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.840 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.046 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.934 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.931 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.759 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.020 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 155 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.564 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.757 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.652 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.963 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.59 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 138 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 174 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.9106 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.683 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 1.836 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 158 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.071 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.541 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 160 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.979 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 185 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.016 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.858 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.968 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.241 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.623 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.927 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.530 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.665 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.617 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.721 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away

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