Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 99 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 99 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 10:58 AM AKDT (18:58 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-19 18:58:25 UTC
Depth
13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.977° N, 163.142° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.9133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.9155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.7162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.0160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 3.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.4161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.5135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 2.076 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 2.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.256 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.7110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 1.723 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 3.2121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.346 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.865 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 3.0101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.687 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 1.819 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.6186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.5111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.090 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 2.6173 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.280 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 3.8116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2115 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.7132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.188 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 3.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.5106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 1.529 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.663 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.5171 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.0163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 3.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.624 km S of False Pass, AK · 2174 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away

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