Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 11:18 PM AKDT (07:18 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 84 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-15 07:18:37 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.928° N, 163.745° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0146 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.0162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.6174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.677 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.292 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.4154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.585 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.869 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 3.3153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 2.5127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 1.624 km S of False Pass, AK · 2174 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 3.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 3.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 4.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.5171 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 2.276 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.658 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.280 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.3165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.6135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.5117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.3124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.697 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.3158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 3.5120 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.9123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.786 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.6116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 4.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away

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