M2.8 earthquake 32 km NW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 32 km NW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 11:40 PM AKST (08:40 UTC), 173 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 30 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-30 08:40:25 UTC
- Depth
- 173.1 km (107.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.089° N, 163.716° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.014 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 110 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.033 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 152 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.78 km NW of King Cove, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.026 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.017 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 134 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.022 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.74 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.740 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.721 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.333 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 131 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.470 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.824 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 104 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.570 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.770 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.876 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.819 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.036 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 88 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.346 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.723 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.219 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 174 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
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